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Dec 2001

• (12.20) Well, that's it for this year, I'm on holiday for 2 weeks starting tomorrow. When I get back, the top10 albums of the year, and I promise I'll get through reviewing all those albums I have sitting around my apartment. Have a good one.
• (12.20) Pre-production on the new Deftones album has started in their home studio.
• (12.20) The new Iniquity album is out in denmark, everyone else must wait till 2002 to hear it. Visit here for an mp3 off the new album.
• (12.20) See a cover article in Modern Drummer Magazine with the Joey Jordisson from Slipknot.
• (12.20) The new Hate Eternal album is being written and arranged right now, and the band will enter Dimensional Sound Studios in feb to start recording.
• (12.20) Monstrosity should have entered the studio sometime in the past few months to work on a new album which is expected to be released in early 2002.
• (12.16) Go here for an interview with Mike Harrison of Misery Index. As well as talking about the whole Dying Fetus issue, he speaks about an upcoming 7inch, writing for the new album, and negotiations going on surrounding the band getting signed.
• (12.16) Added a review to Sinister's "Creative Killings" album.
• (12.15) Very sad news, Chuck Schuldiner of Death and Control Denied fame, died December 13 2001 of the brain tumor that has been plaguing him this past year. My personal condolences goes out to the family, and all the people worldwide who enjoyed his music. Your contribution to the genre will never be forgotten. We'll miss ya dude.
• (12.13) Added a review to Chimaira "Pass Out Of Existence" CD.
• (12.12) Added a review to Death's "Live In L.A. (Death & Raw)" CD and DVD.
• (12.12) Some new on the Devin Townsend front, he has decided that the new heavy record he'll be recording will in fact be the new Strapping Young Lad record. He will also be releasing simultaneously a acoustic / pop record. And Devin's wife would like to quell rumors and speculation that Devin must be getting sick again, since Devin had previously said he didn't want to get back in the state of mind required for a new SYL record. As Tracy puts it, "He has learned to express his anger now without having to live it."
• (12.10) Added a review to Blood Duster's "Cunt" album.
• (12.10) Added a review to Arch Enemy's "Wages Of Sin" album.
• (12.10) Added a review to Testament's "First Strike is Deadly" album.
• (12.10) The Napalm Death DVD is out now on Earache.

Barney from the band had a few comments on the DVD release:

"In light of the current non-existent relations between Earache records and Napalm Death, we cannot endorse this DVD in any way, shape or form. This is a blatant cash-in designed to maximise on the current resurgence of the band that is largely down to the band themselves - and certainly not Earache Records by any measure. It has not at any stage been put together with the assistance of Napalm Death members past or present, and if it really was a 'fan' package, this sort of thing would've been released ages ago......."

Earache's response:

"Contrary to the bands' claims, Napalm Death were approached at the very beginning of this project with the idea of them co-operating to make the release even more fan-friendly. Initially the band consented and in fact agreed to be interviewed for the release liner notes and also expressed their wish to Earache that it might be pertinent to release it in time for the UK tour they had planned in November. However, despite repeated attempts to arrange the interviews, the band eventually declined to be involved.

Earache felt that the material contained on the DVD was of such historical value to the fans that it deserved to be released. Every effort has been made to make this value for money, from the multi-angle features of the unreleased Grindcrusher gig to securing the rights to the legendary 'BBC Arena - Heavy Metal Special' footage. Far from being a cheap cash in, this is the kind of release a fan might put together, being presented in the form of an extensively detailed and researched archive of an essential slice of extreme music history.

Napalm Death had every opportunity to suppliment the DVD as they saw fit - unfortunately for their fans worldwide, they choose not be involved. If the band are so very unhappy at the prospect of being involved with the DVD then Earache will happily donate their royalties to a charity of their choice.
 

• (12.10) Dying Fetus will spend the next few months writing the new album. In the meantime, check out their site for a new track with the new lineup, 'Vengeance Unleashed'.
• (12.10) Now available from Listenable, Deranged "Rated-x" album rereleased, which also includes the band's two mini-cds "Sculpture of the Dead" and "Architects of Perversion".
• (12.06) Added a review to Benediction's "Organized Chaos" album.
• (12.06) Vote for your favorite albums of the year 2001.

(11.29) Broken Hope is no longer with Martyr Music group, and will continue to record their new album "Flesh Mechanic". They also plan on mixing a live album for release early next year.

(11.29) Steve Tucker, Bass / vocalist for Morbid Angel, has decided to pursue other musical and personal interests and is no longer a member of the band. Jared Anderson formerly of Hate Eternal will be his replacement.

(11.25) Devin Townsend is working on a new album, rumored to be very heavy, but definitely not Strapping Young Lad. And there may actually be a west coast north american tour in the cards for early next year (ya!).

(11.25) The new Dream Theater album "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" will be released on Jan 29th 2002 in the US. The album cover can be seen here.

(11.25) Some news on Apocalyptica, the american release of "Cult" will occur soon on Spitfire records. A special edition of "Cult" is available with extra tracks. The band has released a new Single called "Hope Vol 2", which includes 4 tracks: 'Hope (Album Version), 'Hope Vol. 2 (Radio Edit), 'My Friend Of Misery' (Metallica),'South Of Heaven Mandatory Suicide' (Slayer).

(11.19) Dies Irae's new album will be recorded in December and released in July 2002.

(11.19) Bass Player Shambo has left Vader, they're now looking for a replacement. The new studio album, "Epitaph", will be recorded in January and February 2002 in Red Studio and released in May 2002 on Metal Blade Records.

(11.18) Bolt Thrower's new album will be out Jan 15th of next year. In the meantime, check out two mp3s from the album, here and here, and the cover artwork.

(11.18) Brazilian band Krisiun are planning on issuing a DVD during 2002, containing footage filmed in Japan, Germany and at the Whiskey A Go Go in West Hollywood, California.

(11.18) Slipknot has canceled their current tour, the band's drummer's wife has just undergone an operation and he wants to stay with her and his 3 small children. The tour will be rescheduled for early 2002.

(11.18) Vile will start recording their new album in April of next year.

(11.18) Soulless will record for their new album sometime early 2002.

(11.18) Both Dying Fetus (the new lineup) and Deep Red have recorded some new songs to appear on a 7 inch to be released by Relapse. No idea when it will hit the streets.

(11.17) Go here for a great video interview of Gorguts discussing their guitar and bass techniques, and their music in general.

(11.17) Theory In Practice's "Colonizing the Sun" will finally be out in Feb.

(11.17) The new Skinlab album is now scheduled for March 6th.

(11.17) A new Nile album will be recorded early 2002.

(11.17) Polluted Inheritance have a new album out called "Into Darkness". For more info, visit their site.

(11.17) James Murphy has recently undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor. He was working at the time on the new Disincarnate record, no idea what sort of delay this new development will cause. Get better soon dude.

(11.17) Chuck Billy of Testament went through surgery as well last month, he's recovering and doing fine. The Testament EP "First Strike Still Deadly" is out now.

(11.17) Internal Bleeding will record their new album early next year.

(11.17) The new Korn album has been mostly recorded, with just the vocals left to do. No official release date or title yet.

(11.16) Cryptopsy is home writing new material. There have been talks of another North American tour in March of 2002, but nothing firm yet.

(10.31) The new Iniquity cd will be called "Grime" and should be out early next year.

(10.31) The new Coal Chamber CD will be called "Salvation" and is scheduled for a Feb release.

(10.31) The new Rob Zombie will be called "Sinister Urge" and will be released Nov 13th.

(10.31) The new Sinister album will now be out Nov 6th.

(10.31) The new Control Denied CD is postponed indefinitely until Chuck gets better. The Live in LA DVD and CD from Death are apparently out now. The Live from Eindhoven cd and DVD are available now and only available directly from Nuclear Blast at http://www.nuclearblast.de/death.

(10.31) The new Cannibal Corpse album will be called "Gore Obsessed" and should be out in February.

(10.31) Here's the audio tracklisting for the new Fear Factory DVD: 01 - "frequency" 02 - "machine debaser" 03 - "demolition racer" 04 - "cyberdyne" 05 - "refueled" 06 - "transgenic" 07 - "edgecrusher" (urban assault mix) 08 - "descent" (falling deeper mix), and the video will be: "martyr" - filmed live at the dynamo open air festival in eindhoven, holland - 1993, "scapegoat" - filmed live at the dynamo open air festival in eindhoven, holland - 1993, "scumgrief" - filmed live at the dynamo open air festival in eindhoven, holland - 1993, "demanufacture" - filmed live at the forum in hentish town, london - machines of hate tour, 1996, "self bias resistor" - recorded live for mtv uk's "headbanger's ball" - london, 1996, "dog day sunrise" - filmed live at the warehouse in toronto - 1996, "shock" - filmed live at club citta in japan - 1999, "edgecrusher" - filmed live at club citta in japan - 1999, "what will become?" - filmed live at house of blues - 2001, "damaged" - filmed live at the reading festival in england - 2001, and "digimortal" - filmed live at the opera house in toronto - 2001". The band will also be releasing a digimortal ep, for more info on all these things, go check out digimortal.net

(10.22) Chimaira will be joining Slayer on tour for the next few months. The tour is from Oct 29th to Mid Dec.

(10.22) Malevolent Creation is currently finishing writing material for their 8th full length release, which will be recorded in January. No producer has yet been named, but a working title for the next release could possibly be "The Will To Kill."

(10.22) Nasum will be recording a new album in March of next year, for a summer release. Their compilation CD which will contain every song the band ever recorded (minus the songs from their two main albums) will be available next March / April.

(10.22) The new Fear Factory DVD will be called "Digital Connectivity", and will include over 80 minutes of footage. Here's a peak of what's on it: "never before seen footage of the band in their early days, rare concert footage of the band's decade of world wide touring, photos covering every phase of the Fear Factory's evolution, all of the Fear Factory videos, 8 Audio Tracks - previously unreleased tracks and rare B-sides." Release date is Dec 18th.

(10.08) Here's the latest from Mike about the new Dream Theater album: "Well, we will finish mixing this week and will master next week....and after that, it is in the hands of Elektra....so I suppose it is time to spill some beans!!!  : ) Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. The new album will be a 2CD Set consisting of Six songs: "The Glass Prison", "Blind Faith", "Misunderstood", "The Great Debate", "Disappear" and the entire 2nd CD will consist of the 40-minute title track "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" Once again the album was Produced by Mike Portnoy &  John Petrucci and Mixed by Kevin Shirley. An exact release date hasn't yet been confirmed, but it is slated for January 2002"

(10.07) Martyr's "Extract The Core" Live CD is now available for purchase on their site.

(10.07) According to Amazon.com, the new Death Live album "Live In L.A. (Death & Raw)" will be out Oct 16th. I'd like to confirm that on the Nuclear Blast site, but the label isn't doing a very good job of keeping their website updated with new album information. If the Nuclear Blast webmaster is listening, could we please get a list on the site of albums just released and albums about to be released along with dates? I can't find any info on the proposed DVD, so I'm taking it off the list.

(10.07) Added a review to Misery Index's "Overthrow" Demo. In band news, former Dying Fetus guitarist Sparky Voyles has joined the band along with former bandmates Jason Netherton and Kevin Talley, making the band a 4 piece. They've already got 5-8 songs ready for their next release.

(09.30) Added a review to the new Devin Townsend DigiPak release of "Terria". If you want a copy, contact HevyDevy.

(09.22) Added a review to Slayer's "God Hates Us All" album.

(09.22) Added a review to Zimmers Hole's "Legion Of Flames" album.

(09.22) Despite the recall, I managed to get a copy of the new Dream Theater live album with the original cover. There's a review of it in the album reviews section.

(09.22) Don't forget the Devin Townsend show at the Roxy this coming friday if you're in the LA area.

(09.22) Morbid Angel with Deicide, Soilent Green and Zyklon will be performing in Hollywood Nov 29th.

(09.22) Nasum will be performing a few dates in Japan along with Cryptopsy and Candiria.

(09.22) Release of Blood Duster's new EP "Cunt" has been pushed back to Nov 13th.

(09.16) The new Dream Theater Live album is out, but has been pulled by several stores due to the cd cover which includes an image of new york city burning (talk about bad timing). New artwork is being made now for a rerelease of the CD.

(09.10) Added a review to Internal Bleeding's "Alien Breed 1991-2001" EP.

(09.09) Go here for a really in-depth interview with Cryptopsy's drummer Flo.

(09.09) Go here for an interview Metal Update did with Devin Townsend.

(09.09) Diabolic has signed with Olympic, and their new album "Vengeance Ascending" will be out Oct 30th.

(09.09) Slipknot ended up entering at slot #3 on Billboard's top 200 albums.

(09.09) Century Media will be holding an Anniversary Concert In CA, bands appearing include Nevermore, Skinlab, and Devin Townsend. Tickets are on sale at ticketmaster.

(09.09) Added a review to Deeds Of Flesh's "Mark Of The Legion" album.

(09.09) Added a review to Krisiun's "Ageless Venomous" album.

(09.02) Early reports say Slipknot sold between 350,000 and 400,000 copies of their first album, Pretty much guaranteeing it the #1 slot on the Billboard Pop Album chart when the final numbers are released in the middle of next week.

(09.02) Immolation have left Metal Blade records.

(09.02) Added a review to Deranged's "Deranged" album.

(09.02) Martyr will be releasing their live album this month sometime, and will be touring Canada Sept and Oct. Their working on material for a new album to be released next year.

(08.29) Added a review to Slipknot's "Iowa" album. Speaking of the new album, Roadrunner shipped 1.2 million copies of the album to stores. Even if only a fraction of those are sold, it could still make it possibly the top-selling extreme metal album of all time. The band should also be performing in LA Sept. 29th.

(08.29) Added a review to Devin Townsend's "Terria" album.

(08.29) Added a review to Meshuggah's "Rare Trax" EP.

(08.29) Added a review to Carcass's "Wake Up And Smell The.... " DVD.

(08.29) Meshuggah will be out on tour with Tool this fall. After the tour ends, they plan on finally working on their new album, tentatively titled "Turbulance". Here's the current tourdates:

• Sept. 6 - St Paul - The Xcel Energy Center
• Sept. 7 - Madison - Alliant Energy Center
• Sept. 8 - Indianapolis - The Verizon Wireless Music Center
• Sept. 9 - Chicago - The Allstate Arena
• Sept.11 - Grand Rapids - Van Andel Arena
• Sept.12 - Dayton - Nutter Center
• Sept.14 - Columbus - Shottenstein Center
• Sept.15 - Cleveland - Cleveland State Convention Center
• Sept.16 - Detroit - Palace of Auburn Hills
• Sept.18 - Toronto - Air Canada Center
• Sept.19 - Montreal - Molson Center

(08.29) Cryptopsy has picked a new vocalist, Martin Lacroix, formerly of the Montreal group Spasme.

(08.29) Visit the Misery Index site to pre-order a copy of their new CD. The band will start working on their first full lnegth CD really soon. Expect the first CD to start shipping first week of September.

(08.29) Nuclear Blast will be releasing another live CD from Death called Live In Eindhoven (recorded at the Dynamo '98 show), which, by the way, was the first live appearance of the Sound Of Perseverance line-up. The CD will only be available through Nuclear Blast mail order. The CD will sell for $7, and $2.50 of each CD will go directly to the Chuck Schuldiner Medical Fund. There will also be a DVD for $12 of the same show. Both the CD and DVD will be released on October 29. Expect the other Live CD and DVD to be available 2nd week of September in Europe.

(08.29) The new Ozzy album will be titled "Down To Earth", and will be available Oct 16th.

(08.29) The new Sinister has been pushed back to Nov 19th.

(08.29) Broken Hope have decided to start recording the new album in Oct/Nov.

(08.29) The Testament EP "First Strike is Deadly" is getting mixed right now by Andy Sneap at Backstage Production Studios. The album is a compilation of re-recorded and re-worked songs from the bands past. Here's the tracklisting: Over The Wall, Into The Pit, The Haunting, Reign Of Terror, Burnt Offerings, First Strike Is Deadly, Alone In The Dark, C.O.T.L.O.D., Disciples Of The Watch, Eerie Inhabitants, New Order, The Preacher, and Trial By Fire. It should be released in late 2001/early 2002.

(08.29) Myrkskog will go to Florida to record their follow up to the "Death Machine" with Morbid Angel's Eric Rutan.

(08.29) Listenable records have just bought the rights to the 'rated x' debut album from Deranged which should be issued early next year with all the songs previously appearing on the band's two miniCds 'architects of perversion' and 'sculpture of the dead' the album will feature 19 songs in total.

(08.29) Arch Enemy has cancelled their Japanese tour because vocalist Angela Gossow has developed nodules in her throat. More info when its available.

(08.29) Anthrax are working on material for the new album, and are getting ready for their mini tour where they'll record a new live album.

(08.29) Internal Bleeding's "Alien Breed 1991-2001" EP should be out now.

(08.29) To hear a new track off the new Slayer (everyday a new track) visit slayer.net. The album will be available Sept 11th. Also, the cover was apparently unsuitable for some stores, so they are hiding the cover below a false cover with the word slayer and 4 crosses on it. Again, slayer.net will be showing the new cover, piece by piece, one piece per day.

(08.29) Fear Factory are hard at work on the new DVD, which is titled "Digital Connectivity". Expect it before 2002.

(08.29) The new Chimaira will be out on Oct 2nd 2001 also.

(08.29) The new Machine Head will be out Oct 2nd 2001. Go here for an mp3 from the new album.

(08.29) The new Benediction album will be out September 10th.

(08.19) Here's a track listing to Meshuggah's new RareTrax EP: 1.War 2.Cadaverous Castication 3.Sovereigns Morbidity 4.Debt Of Nature 5.By Emptiness Abducted 6.Don't Speak 7.Abnegating Cecity (demo) 8.Internal Evidence (demo) 9.Concatenation (remix) 10.Ayahusca Experience 11.+3 Mpeg Video Tracks

(08.18) The song played on Conan O'Brien by Slipknot was in fact 'Heretic Song'. As usual, a fun performance.

(08.18) If you buy something from Relapse for the next little while, you'll get a free copy of their Contaminated 4.0 compilation, which includes along with 25 other tracks a track off the new Blood Duster EP "Cunt" called 'Pissingcontest'.

(08.18) Akercocke's new album "The Goat Of Mendes" will be out Sept 11th on Peaceville.

(08.06) Visit Roadrunner for another mp3 off the new Slipknot.

(08.05) A band called Agiel just signed to Unique Leader. They boast ex-Hate Eternal drummer Tim Yueng. Expect a release in early Fall 2001.

(08.05) The new working title for the new Disgorge album is "Consuming the Forsaken", and will be recorded in September.

(08.05) Deeds Of Flesh's new album should be available now.

(08.05) Earache plans on releasing the Live Corruption Video by Napalm Death on DVD Nov 13th. Expect some extra goodies on that as well.

(08.05) After Pantera finish their most recent tour they plan on returning to the studio to record another new album.

(08.05) Bolt Thrower are finally working on some new music for a cd entitled "Honour - Valour - Pride", which should be released Nov 19th.

(08.05) Deftones singer Chino Moreno was recently sent to the emergency room, seems he's busted up his throat pretty bad after years of abuse. He's now been ordered by his doctor to get some help from a vocal coach to get his voice in shape, properly warming up before shows, and to stop drinking and smoking if he wants to continue to be able to sing.

(08.05) Slipknot will be performing the first single off Iowa, “Left Behind”, live on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on NBC on August 10th. Expect the new album to be available Aug 28th.

(08.05) Rob Zombie will release his new solo album on Halloween night, Oct 31st. Along with other guest appearances will be an appearance by Ozzy.

(08.05) Skinlab's new album now shows a January 2002 release date.

(08.05) Cannibal Corpse are in the studio right now working on the new album.

(08.05) Misery Index will be releasing their debut CD called "Overthrow" will be out soon. Hear an mp3 from the album at their site.

(08.05) Martyr will have a live album out, "Extract The Core", will be out in September under the Skyscraper Music label.

(08.05) The new Slayer Album has been scheduled for a September 11th release date.

(08.05) Apocalyptica have just released a live DVD.

(08.04) Go here for a recent interview with Krisiun.

(08.04) Meshuggah's "Rare Trax" EP should be out Aug 21st. Go here for a recent interview with the band about their long hiatus, the new album plans, and more. And bass player Gustaf Hielm has left the group.

(07.21) Devin Townsend's "Terria" has been released, and is available by mailorder. A review is forthcoming. Tshirts are also available.

(07.21) Immolation will be performing in Los Angeles on August 16th along with Krisiun.

(07.21) Tool will also be performing two nights in LA, Aug 13th and 14th.

(07.21) Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater is planning to release official bootlegs with demos from "Awake" and "Falling Into Infinity", so-called "Making of" CD's, full live concerts and tour highlights (like the 2000 Fan Club CD). There is also a possibility that the Majesty demos will get properly remixed for an official bootleg.

(07.14) Sepultura has left RoadRunner records. The band was unhappy with the lack of support they'd been getting, and decided to leave. Rumor are flying around the topic, including a possible decline in record sales due to bad promotion from the label. Of course, since their last album was a real disappointment (in my opinion) I'd wager any drop in sales was more the band's fault. But regardless, they're moving on and will have an official statement later on the matter and on what the future will bring for the band.

(07.14) On October 3 in Chicago, Anthrax will be recording their live performance for a live album release in November. They will also be re-releasing "Sound Of White Noise" and "Stomp 442" through Beyond Music on August 28 with four bonus tracks previously unreleased in the U.S. The band is also still working on material for a new album.

(07.14) Relapse is showing a date of Oct 30th for the US release of Blood Duster's "Cunt" album, Nov 5th in Europe.

(07.11) Ozzy's new solo album is currently showing a release of Oct 16th on the Epic site.

(07.11) The new Slayer has been pushed back till late August.

(07.11) Rob Zombie is just about finished the new album, and is scheduled for a September release.

(07.11) The new single from Fear Factory will be a rerecorded version of 'Invisible Wounds'. They're also working on the DVD.

(07.11) Vader's "Vision and Voice" VHS of several years back will be rereleased on DVD in sept. No clue if it's region encoded yet for view in the states.

(07.11) August 21st is the current release date for the Internal Bleeding Reissue and EP, "Alien Breed 1991-2001".

(07.11) Metalblade is showing Feb 2002 as the vert tentative release date for the new Cannibal Corpse.

(07.11) Jason Hager has left Chimaira, his wife's pregnant and he's decided that his family must come first. Replacing him on guitar will be Matt DeVries.

(07.11) A little clip from Mike DiSalvo, formerly of Cryptopsy "Due to an unavoidable family obligation that has arisen during the upcoming European tour, I have decided to step down as vocalist of Cryptopsy. I'd like to wish them the best of luck. With my new found time I'll be writing a book with my wife and I'll also be weighing out options to further my musical career. You won't hear or see the last of me yet."

(07.11) Diabolic's "Subterrainial Magnitude" should be released sometime this fall in the US and the rest of the world, Europe gets it July 23rd 2001 on Hammerheart Records.

(07.11) Monstrosity will be entering the studio this fall to record the new album, I assume an early 2002 date for release.

(07.08) Go to HDR to preorder your copy of Devin's new Terria album, which should be available July 15th. Also available the new Zimmers Hole album on July 25th.

(07.02) Dark Moon bassist Jon Vesano will join Nile for their upcoming tour with Cradle Of Filth and God Forbid. They're coming to LA on July the 11th, but they're playing at the Palace, and I still urge everyone to boycott that venue because they're money grubbing pigs.

(07.02) The Dream Theater Live 3 CD set will be released now Sept 11th, a week earlier than previously reported.

(06.17) Mike DiSalvo has left Cryptopsy. The band is now auditioning for a new vocalist.

(06.17) Go here for two mp3s off of Devin's new album.

(06.04) Devin expects to have the new "Terria" album ready for mid-June, right before he goes on tour opening for the Wildhearts in Europe. Expect to be able to get the album online at HDR records end of July.

(06.04) Added a review to Korrodead's "Acts Beyond the Pale" album.

(06.04) Added a review to Extreme Noise Terror's "Being And Nothing" album.

(06.04) Added a review to Tool's "Lateralus" album.

(06.04) Deranged has just released a new self titled album on Listenable records.

(06.03) Broken Hope are getting ready to record their new album.

(06.03) Added a review to Dies Irae's "Immolated" album.

(06.03) Krisiun's new album "Ageless Venomous" will be out Aug 7th in the US.

(06.03) It seems death metal band Ton has broken up. No clue as to why.

(06.03) Apparently Daniel of Martyr is no longer with Gorguts, and is working on new music and a possible Martyr live album.

(06.03) The new Slayer album is now scheduled for July 10th.

(06.03) Chimaira is auctioning off some rare stuff to help Chuck Schuldiner with his medical bills. For more info, visit their site. In related news, Chuck Billy, fighting cancer himself, has offered to give part of the proceeds from his benefit concert to Chuck Schuldiner. It's nice to see this kind of stuff go on.

(06.03) Available now, a DVD of Carcass called "Wake Up And Smell The.... ", which includes two live shows from the early ninties. Check it out.

(06.03) The new Internal Bleeding EP will be called "Alien Breed 1991-2001", which will include old demos and a new song off their new forthcoming album. Expect that in August.

(06.02) Elektra will be issuing a new Dream Theater Live 3 CD set on September 18th, 2001, entitled "Live Scenes From New York". It will be the complete show recorded at Roseland Ballroom in New York City on August 30th, 2000, in its entirety from start to finish. Go here for the tracklisting.

(06.02) The Chuck Billy Benefit Concert Thrash Of The Titans is currently scheduled for August 11th, 2001 at the Maritime Hall in S.F. Anthrax will be headling, appearances by Vio-lence, Death Angel, M.O.D., S.O.D, Exodus, Legacy, Heathen, Forbidden Evil, and many more. For more info, check this site.

(06.02) Here's the current RoadRunner schedule for new releases: Slipknot's "Iowa" will be out in August, Chimaira's "Pass Out Of Existence" on Aug 21st, Machine Head's "Supercharger" in September, Coal Chamber's "Darker Days" in October, and November is planned a SlipKnot and a Fear Factory DVD.

(06.02) The new Coal Chamber is tentatively titled "Darker Days".

(06.01) Go to RoadRunner Records to download a full song off the new Slipknot album.

(05.28) The very first Relapse retail store will open its doors to the public on Friday, June 1st, 2001 at 608 South Fourth St. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(05.26) Despite reports of him doing well, looks like Chuck Schuldiner of Death needs another operation to continue his recovery from a brain tumor he was diagnoses with 2 years ago. A lot of rare collectibles are being auctioned, proceeds goes to help check pay for the operation. Please visit this site for more information.

(05.24) Here's an interviewwith Slipknot about their new album "Iowa", which should be out sometime this summer.

(05.22) Diabolic are now working on material for a 3rd album. A little strange, since their 2nd album "Subterrainial Magnitude" still doesn't seem to be available anywhere, hopefully we'll see it at some point soon. Speaking of "Subterrainial Magnitude", they have some mp3s from the album available at their site.

(05.22) Sinister have left Nuclear Blast, and are now on Hammerheart Records. Their new website can be found here. They now have a female vocalist called Rachel (she apparently grunts like one of the guys, none of this operatic stuff), and they have a new album that'll be out on October 1st called "Creative Killings". Mixing begins in June.

(05.22) Iniquity will start recording their new album in June, with an expected Oct release.

(05.22) Brett Hoffmann, vocalist for Malevolent Creation, has finished his time in jail, and has now joined the band in the studio to record three bonus tracks that will be included on a Digi-pak re-release of "Envenomed". The songs are "Confirmed Kill" (from their debut 87 demo),"Epileptic Seizure" (from their 89 demo), and a cover of Dark Angel's "Perish In Flames".

(05.22) A few tidbits about the new Dream Theater album. 80% of the music for the new Dream Theater album is done. Five songs have been recorded so far (total of 55 minutes worth). The new album will be heavier and darker than previous albums. The last day of recording music in the studio is scheduled for June 15th. Mike and John will then rehearse for G3 and go on tour. James will be recording the vocals for the new Dream Theater album when John and Mike return from the G3 tour. Mike hopes to have the album mixed and ready sometime in September. The new album will probably not be released this year, but more likely in January 2002.

(05.12) Vomit Remnants have opened their new site. The new EP is just about ready, and will be released soon on Supreme Musick. They also have several tour dates up on the site.

(05.12) A Suffocation tribute CD is in the works at Repulsive Echo. Current title is "Breeding The Seeds Of Suffering", tentative release is end of 2001. The tracklisting for the release is as follows; Prophecy (USA) Catatonia, Devourment (USA) Liege Of Inveracity, Rotting (Canada) Infecting The Crypts, Miscreation (Australia) Breeding The Spawn, Inveracity (Greece) Human Waste, Disavowed (Holland) Funeral Inception, Harmony Dies (Germany) Synthetically Revived, Severed Saint (USA) Thrones Of Blood, Vomit Remnants (Japan) Mass Obliteration, Soils Of Fate (Sweden) Devoid Of Truth, Internal Suffering (Colombia) Despise The Sun, Putrilage (USA) Reincremation, Wormed (Spain) Bloodchurn, Deep Red (Finland) Pierced From Within, Detrimental (USA) Prelude To Repulsion, Pyaemia (Holland) Jesus Wept, Internal Bleeding (USA) Effigy Of The Forgotten and Beheaded (Malta) Habitual Infamy. For more news, watch here.

(05.12) Cannibal Corpse have 9 tracks ready for recording for their next studio album.

(05.12) Encabulos will be returning to the studio to record two new tracks, one of which will be available on a Venomous Records Compilation.

(05.12) The new Theory In Practice album starts recording in June and will be titled "Colonizing the Sun".

(05.12) Chuck Billy of Testament fame will be undergoing treatment for cancer starting next week.

(05.12) Kerry King of Slayer will perform on a song off the new Rob Zombie record.

(05.12) Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal, is currently on tour with Morbid Angel, but plans on recording a new HE album this fall, for a mid 2002 release.

(05.12) Ozzy's new album is scheduled for an October release. He has recorded 9 songs and is working on 8 more.

(05.12) Machine Head's new album is about to be mixed, they hope to a summer release.

(05.12) Metallica are in the studio working on a new album. Rumors are it'll be heavier than their previous shitty albums. We'll see...

(05.12) Skinlab will enter the studios in June, and the new guitar player for the band is Glen Telford, a New Zealand guitarist formerly of Los Angeles’ Wired Shut.

(05.12) The new Krisiun album will be called "Ageless Venomous", and the band is in the studio right now.

(05.12) Kevin Talley, former drummer of Dying Fetus, has joined Former Dying Fetus Bassist Vocalist Jason Netherton in his new band Misery Index. They plan on starting to record demo tracks this month.

(05.12) Anthrax has just signed a deal with Nuclear Blast for distribution in Europe. They're still with Beyond / BMG for the US. They hope to start recording new material after Charlie Benante gets back from his Honeymoon.

(05.12) Slipknot are also still mixing their new album, which means they had to cancel their recent tour dates. But they do promise to make up those dates at a later time.

(05.12) Chimaira's doing the mix right now for the new album, the current release date is Aug 21st. Also visit their mp3 site for some new live tracks (Live at CBGB's)..

(05.12) Punchdrunk, who feature Gene Hoglan on drums, have changed their name to The Almighty Punchdrunk, and are doing a few US shows.

(05.12) A new band has formed called Gallery Of Suicide, which features guitarist Doug Harrington (Defiance), bassist Troy Gegory (Flotsam and Jetsam), drummer Louie Clemente (Testament), guitarist Allen West (Six Feet Under) and vocalist Joey Allen (Epitaph). The name puzzles me, since you'd expect them to be a Cannibal Corpse cover band or something, but we'll see what kind of music they end up producing.

(05.12) John Gallagher, last surviving member of Dying Fetus, has announced the new lineup: Drums will be taken over by former Dying Fetus drummer Erik Sayenga (96/97), formerly of Witch-hunt. Bass guitar will be handled by former Garden of Shadows bass player Sean Beasely (as seen on recent Gorguts tour) Guitar will be handled by Next Step Up/Together We Fall guitarist Bruce Greig. Vocals will be handled by former Sadistic Torment/Mucous Membrane vocalist Vince Matthews (as seen on recent US tours). They plan on recording a new song with the new lineup for a split EP with DeepRed.

(05.12) Obliveon is looking for a new vocalist, applicants please email obliveon@obliveon.com. They still plan on recording a new album soon.

(05.12) Visit here for a really complete interview with Origin.

(05.05) Added a review to Gorerotted's "Mutilated In Minutes..." album.

(05.05) The live Death album will be called "Live In L.A. (Death & Raw)", and will be available soon on CD, DVD and Video.

(05.05) Dino of Fear Factory states in an interview in this months' Guitar World magazine that he plans on making a remix album of Digimortal. Also in the issue an interview with Tool about the new album.

(05.02) As an aside to my recent review of the Dream Theater DVD set, the hypnotherapist on the CD is the voice of Terry Brown, and the reason he was not used on the live DVD is because he decided he wanted more money and so Dream Theater decided to tell him to stuff it. A real shame, because his voice really IS the voice of the hypnotherapist as far as I'm concerned.

(04.28) Added a review to Fear Factory's "Digimortal" album.

(04.28) The Dream Theater fanclub CD is finally out, available to fan club members only. John Petrucci will be on the G3 tour this summer, along with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Mike will be his drummer, with Dave LaRue (of Dixie Dregs) on bass. Lastly, the band's live DVD and VHS is out, and there's a review of it available in the review section.

(04.27) The new Slayer album is now titled "God Hates Us All", and will be out in North America July 3rd 2001.

(04.15) Added a review to the Cryptopsy - Candiria - Origin concert on April 8th 2001.

(04.15) Added a review to CoproFago's "Genesis" album.

(04.15) Added a review to Soils Of Fate's "Sandstorm" album.

(04.15) Added a review to Sepultura's "Nations" album.

(04.11) Slayer's new album is currently titled "Soundtracks Of The Apocalypse", the name may change. The boxset is also delayed, expect a 2002 release date at the earliest.

(04.11) Jason Netherton, former bassplayer, vocalist and lyricist of Dying Fetus, is starting up a new band called Misery Index. Check out their site for more info.

(04.11) Obscenity's new album is planned for early 2002.

(04.11) Monstrosity's Best Of / Live CD will be out May 22nd. They will also be performing in Los Angeles April 30th at the Troubadour.

(04.11) Napalm Death will be on tour this spring, and will be in Los Angeles on June the 17th. Info on the venue when I've got it.

(04.02) Here's a page for the latest info on Devin Townsend's new project.

(04.01) Added a review to Vader's "Reign Forever World" album.

(04.01) Added a review to Gorguts' "From Wisdom To Hate" album.

(04.01) Exhumed is working on new material, but no word on plans for an album yet.

(04.01) Well, it looks like the Dying Fetus line up has undergone some major changes, and the only original member left will be John Gallagher. Basically, Jason the bass player / vocalist left many months ago to persue his own goals, then a fight broke out between John and the rest of the original members (Sparky and Kevin), and it ended with John kicking them out of the band. Now their official website says the tour will continue, but John will have a whole new lineup starting this summer. It will be a very different Dying Fetus from now on.

(04.01) Skinlab will enter the studios in the next 2-3 months, and Chimaira just entered the studio.

(04.01) Morbid Angel will be on tour this summer with Pantera, Slayer, Static X and Skrape.

(04.01) Meshuggah's Rare tracks EP should be out in June, and they still hope to have the new album out sometime this year.

(04.01) Chuck Billy of Testament has been recently diagnosed with cancer. Fortunately, the doctors have caught it in the earliest stages, and Chuck is very healthy and strong, so the prognosis is excellent. Meanwhile, current Testament related projects will continue as planned.

(04.01) Devin Townsend is hard at work on the new Terria album, he's recorded all the bass, drums and guitars, and is working on vocals and keyboard now.

(03.25) HatePlow is working on Material for a new album to be released before the end of the year. They have replaced bassist Doug Humlack with Julian Hollowell (AKA - Xaphan-guitarist for blackened metallers Kult Ov Azazel). I assume this flurry of activity in the HatePlow camp so soon after releasing a new album is because Phil from Malevolent Creation has some extra time on his hands while Brett (vocalist) does his 2 months jail time.

(03.18) New Tab Website just opened called Singularity Metal Tablature, lots of high quality tab, mainly bands that don't usually get tabbed (because their music is too complex such as Cryptopsy and Suffocation). Go check it out, but use IE5, Netscape doesn't work with it too well.

(03.18) In Roadrunner news, Chimaira started preproduction, Machine Head just entered the studio, and Slipknot are just about to leave the studio and start mixing the new album.

(03.18) Release of Tool's new album has been postponed till May 15th 2001.

(03.18) Martyr have released a tab book for their most recent album Warp Zone. Check it out here.

(03.18) The new Internal Bleeding will be called "Hatefuel" and will start recording in June for an expected fall/winter release. The band's 2 demos will be released on one CD through Olympic Recordings. This CD will contain the "Invocation of Evil" and "Perpetual Degradation" demos as well as a few songs from the band's 1991 "One Dollar Demo" — and as a bonus, the band will be recording a brand-new song, "Alien Breed" for the release. Expect it in July.

(03.18) Chief Spires, bassist of Nile, left the band upon return from their European headlining tour. Spires cites creative differences as the reason for the split. The band will announce a replacament soon.

(03.18) Added a review to Ton's "Plague" album. The band is working on music for their second album.

(03.18) Added a review to Nasum's "Human 2.01".

(03.12) Malevolent Creation has postponed their tour, apparently their vocalist Brett Hoffman got arrested at the US border for an outstanding warrant from back in 95. The vocalist will be in jail for about 60 days, after which the band will start touring. Monstrosity who were opening for the band will probably continue the current tour, now headlining.

(03.11) Cannibal Corpse will be going on a quick tour of the US during April and May, and then they start writing new material for a new album.

(03.09) The new Gorguts is now out. Check out the new Metal Maniacs magazine for an interview with the band, as well as an interview with Cryptopsy and Malevolent Creation.

(03.09) Obliveon has left Hypnotic Records and are looking for a new label. Also, check the guitar tab section of their site for three new tabs from their soon to be released tab book.

(03.09) Now that Yani, the former webmaster of the Fear Factory official website has passed away, the site will get a revamp from the guy who currently operates the fanclub site.

(03.09) Guitarist Scott Sergeant has left Skinlab for various personal reasons. No replacement yet.

(03.09) In a surprise move, Arch Enemy's new singer is a German named Angela Gossow, yes, it's a she! After listening to the new tracks, I really can't tell the difference between her vocals and that of any usual high pitched guy, I don't think I've ever heard a woman growl like this. Cool. Anyways, check out the Arch Enemy website for those samples.

(03.03) Nasum has a few mp3s to download on their site. Also, Relapse is apparently going to release a big cd compilation of everything Nasum has ever released minus their two albums.

(03.03) Looking ahead quite some ways, Vader plans on having a new cd out spring or Fall of 2002.

(03.03) Theory In Practice will start recording their new album in June.

(03.03) Sepultura will be in LA on April 8th, however, they are playing at the Palace, you may remember the palace is the venue that oversold Dream Theater tickets last year causing the cops to shut down the concert and causing a near riot, so I do encourage everybody to not go to this concert, and wait for the band to return to a new venue. Cryptopsy is performing that same night (see news item lower on this page), so why not come out to see them?

(03.03) Repulse Records is still planning on releasing Deranged's "Rated X + Sculptures Of The Dead + Architects Of Perversions" sometime this year. The band is also still working on material for their fourth album.

(03.03) Recording on the new Rob Zombie cd has started.

(03.03) The new Ozzy album will not be out March 13th, he's still working on it, and plans to release it this summer sometime.

(03.03) Chimaira have signed to RoadRunner records.

(03.03) Go here for the cover art to Monstrosity's bestof album "Enslaving The Masses".

(03.03) Hopefully Blood Duster's "Cunt" album will be out early this year.

(03.03) Vile will be recording their new album "Depopulate" in April.

(03.03) The LA Dying Fetus show (along with Gorguts and Skinless) has been moved to the Whisky, March 25th.

(03.03) Cryptopsy will be performing in LA's Key Club April 8th along with Candiria, Origin and Poison The Well.

(03.03) Internal Bleeding have parted ways with vocalist Ray Lebron and now have a new vocalist Mike Lotito. They're still working on the new album for Olympic Records, I'd guess a summer release. The label will also be releasing their 2 demos on one cd with some possible bonus material.

(03.03) Iniquity are entering Aabenraa Studio together with Jacob Hansen during the summer to work on their third album, to be released sometime this year.

(03.03) The new Arch Enemy will be called "Wages Of Sin". It will be out April 25th in Japan, with no US or Europe release date yet. The cover art and sound samples can be gotten at their website.

(03.03) Soils Of Fate have released their debut cd called "Sandstorm" on Retribute records. For info on purchasing the cd, write Chris Meadows at retribute@aol.com.

(03.03) Added a review to Vile's "Stench Of The Deceased" album.

(03.03) Added a review to Deep Red's "Prophetic Luster" album.

(02.25) Machine Head will start recording their new album March 5th.

(02.25) Fear Factory's Obsolete album has gone gold with over 500,000 copies sold in the US.

(02.25) In Grammy news, Deftones won for best metal performance with "Elite", and Metallica won best rock instrumental with "The Call of Ktulu".

(02.25) Apparently a mistake was made in the authoring process of the newDream Theater DVD, and so the release date has been pushed back till April 24th.

(02.22) The new Arch Enemy is being mixed right now.

(02.18) Descend have finished recording their debut album "Requiem of Flame". The band is looking for a label to release the cd, so no word yet on when we'll be able to get our hands on it.

(02.11) Yani 'big god' Pavlis, owner of the official Fear Factory website has passed away, some sort of brain tumor or heart attack, it's difficult to tell. No clue on what will happen to the site. I did not know him personally, but I respected his hard work and love for the band, and he was way too young to die in such a sudden fashion. In band news, apparently both the original and digipak version of the new album will be out april 24th.

(02.10) For something a little different, visit this page to get a cd compilation called Flashback, it's a bunch of bands doing intro music to their favorite TV shows. Yes, weird, but cool at the same time, and includes a track from Obliveon, the original Goldorak theme song (Anyone from Montreal will know what I'm talking about).

(02.10) Dream Theater will start recording a new album in March. No clue when it'll be out, but I'd guess late this year.

(02.10) Added a review to Immolation's "Close To A World Below" album.

(02.10) Added a review to Obituary's "Anthology" Bestof album.

(02.09) The new Deeds of Flesh will be called "Mark of the Legion" and will be out June of this year.

(02.09) Sharon speaks about Ozzy's new album: "He's been writing with Zakk Wylde, his guitar player from the '90s," Sharon Osbourne told VH1 about Ozzy's new studio album. "He's written with Danny Saber, the producer, and he's been writing with [Alice in Chains guitarist] Jerry Cantrell. And Tim Palmer's gonna produce the record."

(02.09) To see the cover art for the new Gorguts, go here.

(02.09) Altar's new album will be out April 17th.

(02.09) Korrodead has not released their newest album "Acts Beyond the Pale" yet, but hope to by early spring.

(02.09) To see a live videofeed from the studio where Slayer is recording the new album, go here.

(02.09) The new Diabolic cd is on hold right now. No news as to why.

(02.09) Monstrosity's "Enslaving the Masses" double CD set will be out in April. It contains a bestof disc, and a live disc.

(02.09) Internal Bleeding is now signed with Olympic. A new album is still scheduled for release sometime this summer.

(02.04) Added a review to Relapse Record's Contaminated 3.0 compilation in the compilation section.

(02.04) Added a review to Apocalyptica's "Cult" album.

(02.02) The new Skinlab will be called "The Revolting Room". Recording starts next month.

(02.02) Extreme Noise Terror's new album will be called "Being & Nothing".

(02.02) Broken Hope will start working on their new album sometime this spring.

(02.02) Fear Factory will also be releasing a special cd sampler version of "Digimortal", which will include the video for Lynchpin and some extra bonus stuff. More info when I've got it. This version is Europe only.

(02.02) The new Tool album has been renamed "Lateralus".

(02.02) Theory In Practice wants to start recording their new album in a month or two.

(01.30) The new Gorguts will be out March 6th.

(01.25) Tool has recently released a DVD CD set called "Salival", lots of live and unreleased tracks. Will review it soon. The band expects to have a new studio album out April 17th 2001 called "Canape-Pastilles", the album just finished mixing a few days ago.

(01.25) Apocalyptica will be re-releasing their "Cult" album with an extra bonus disk entitled "Path Vol II", which will contain a new version of 'Path' that includes a vocal track done by Sandra Nasic, leader of the German alternative rock act Guano Apes. The rest of the EP will contain some live tracks. Available March 26th.

(01.21) Testament are working on new songs for a new album. And they recently rerecorded older songs from "The New Order" and "Legacy" with modern day production, and intend to release them on an EP called "First Strike is Deadly". The EP also has some guest appearances from Alex Skolnick, the band's original lead guitar player.

(01.21) Slayer will start recording the new album Jan 21st somewhere in Canada with their producer Matt Hyde. They expect a summer release.

(01.21) The new Sepultura should be out March 20th.

(01.21) Cryptopsy had to back out of the Dying Fetus tour. The band now has 10 minutes from their CD release party available for download, and the Blasphemy Made Flesh reissue should be out Feb 20th.

(01.21) Souless has a promo out called Bleeding Darkness, to hear the title track, click here.

(01.21) Release of the Dream Theater live DVD has been pushed back till March 20th.

(01.21) Check out these two tracks off the new Sepultura: "One Man Army" and "SepulNation".

(01.21) See the cover art to the Obituary Bestof album "Anthology" here. The album will be out Jan 23rd.

(01.21) The new Fear Factory, as usual, will be released in digipack form a few months after the original form, which contains 4 bonus tracks. Here's the cover artwork from the album. Also, check out a track, "What Will Become", from their new album here.

(01.21) Jason Newsted, bass player for Metallica, has left the band for "personal reasons". Perhaps those personal reasons were that Metallica's new music isn't to his liking anymore?

(01.16) Devin Townsend's next project will be called "Terria", and will be something like Ocean Machine. Recording starts early Feb. As for the new Strapping Young Lad album that was supposed to get recorded, looks like Devin's putting the project on the back burner, probably permanently.

(01.16) Same site, here's an interview with Machine Head about their new album.

(01.16) Here's two parts to a Fear Factory Interview, part 1 and part 2. Speaking of the band, new album should be out April 24th, with a single of Lynchpin March 17th.

(01.16) Lets see, since the last news, I've moved to a new apartment, flown across the country twice, and lost all phone contact with the outside world for close to a week and a half (and no email). But things are back on track now...

(01.05) Nasum's split 7" with Warhate is out now.

(01.05) About half way down this page you'll find an interview with Sepultura about the new album.

(01.05) Arch Enemy have finished recording the new album, mixing should start Jan 9th.

(01.05) Expect to see a complete revamp of the Meshuggah website in the early new year.

(01.05) Added a review to Devin Townsend's Video "Official Bootleg Video".

(01.05) Added a review to the Deftones EP "Back To School (mini maggit)".

(01.05) Here's the Grammy Nominees in the Metal Category for 2000, Deftones: "Elite", Iron Maiden: "The Wicker Man", Marilyn Manson: "Astonishing Panorama Of The Endtimes", Pantera: "Revolution Is My Name", and Slipknot "Wait And Bleed".

(01.05) News from Dying Fetus: "Dying Fetus wishes to announce the permanent departure of bassist and vocalist Jason Netherton. Jason left the band following the last date in Europe in Antwerpen, Belgium. The departure came about as a result of numerous personal reasons, and was on good terms as Jason wishes the band all the best. Dying Fetus will continue on, at this time as a 5-piece with replacements who have been lined up for the next tour with All Out War and Diecast. Presently, on bass guitar it is Derek Boyer (Deprecated) and on vocals Vince Matthews (Sadistic Torment, Autumn Dawn, Mucous Membrane)." How this will affect the Dying Fetus sound I don't know, Jason was such an integral part of the band, and the way his vocals played off the low gargling of John really gave them a distinct sound. I hope this all works out in the end, until then, the band has changed a few tour dates, check their site for details, oh ya, and Cryptopsy is no longer on their tour bill.

(01.04) The new Extreme Noise Terror album will be released March 12th. Here's the album cover. Unfortunately, the dumb website still doesn't give us the name of the album yet.

(01.04) See what were yours and my Favorite Albums Of 2000!