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Dec 2003

(12.31) And that's it folks, have an excellent new years eve, I'll be back in the next week with more news, album reviews, and of course the results of the top 10.
(12.31) The new Fear Factory CD is almost finished mixing, and will be mastered Jan 6th. Here's a very short clip of one of the new songs, 'Cyberwaste'.
(12.31) Textures have signed with France's Listenable Records. The group's self-produced self-released debut CD "Polars", will be remastered and re-issued via Listenable on February 23, 2004. As a special bonus, a video clip will be added to a limited-edition version of the CD. Go here, here and here for some samples of their work, and here's their website.
(12.29) 7th Nemesis is seeking a new singer. They recently released a split CD called "Chronicles of a Sickness", and will record their first album in 2004.
(12.29) Hammerheart Records is officially gone, replaced now with Karmageddon Media, whose site is available here.
(12.29) Sordid Death have now seemed to have renamed themselves Sordid, and their new album will be out Jan / Feb of 2004.
(12.29) Existence is currently looking for a new drummer. They are writing material for their new cd, and if a new drummer can't be found by the time they start recording they will use a session drummer.
(12.29) The new Zaraza CD "No Paradise To Lose" is out now. Buy it here.
(12.29) Current news from James Murphy: "Here's what I've been up to... I just mastered the new Enforsaken for Century Media/Olympic Records called "The Forever Endeavor", on which I also played a guest guitar solo. I also finished 5 guest solos for a band in Greece called Memorain and right now I'm working on mixing the CD of a Polish band called Demise. All this and still organizing the Death tribute and trying to find the time to write Disincarnate material... whew!!!"
(12.29) Vile will be touring with Cannibal Corpse, Hypocrisy and Exhumed in early spring 2004. They'll be in Los Angeles on Feb 17th, and San Francisco on the 19th. Vile are also going to record their new album right after the tour for a fall 2004 release.
(12.29) The Immolation DVD will be out Jan 27th 2004. Go here for an mpeg preview of it.
(12.29) Go here for the mp3 'Condemned to Nothingness' off of the new Decrepit Birth album "...And Time Begins".
(12.29) Go here for the mp3 'Concubine of Despise' off of the new Gorgasm album "Masticate to Dominate ".
(12.29) There will also be a few new Deeds Of Flesh songs on their forthcoming album of covers.
(12.29) Cryptopsy will start recording their new album in March at Wild Studio with producer Pierre Remillard.
(12.29) Soulless are almost finished writing the material for their new record.
(12.29) Due in late February through Roadrunner Records, Disincarnate's "Dreams Of The Carrion Kind" will be reissued with 3 demo bonus tracks, 'Stench Of Paradise Burning (demo)', 'Soul Erosion (demo)' and 'Confine Of Shadows (demo)'.
(12.29) Slipknot's new album is now scheduled for a May or June 2004 release.
(12.29) Pyaemia are working on new material for a 2004 release.
(12.29) Necrophagist has entered the studio to record the long awaited 2nd album.
(12.29) Satariel have signed with Black Lotus Records. The album "Hydra" will be recorded at Dug Out Studios, Uppsala Sweden, with producer Daniel Bergstrand (meshuggah, SYL). It's scheduled for a june 2004 release.
(12.18) Suffocation will be on tour with Morbid Angel this March and April. Suffocation's new album "Souls To Deny" will be out this spring, they'll start recording in january.
(12.13) Ozzy Osbourne has been in a quad bike accident, suffering a fractured left collarbone, eight fractured ribs and a fractured vertebrae in his neck. From reports, it sounds like he had to be put on a respirator, which might have messed with his vocal chords. It's unknown if and when he'll be able to sing again, but recent reports say he won't be doing any shows for at least a year while he mends.
(12.09) Malevolent Creation's new album will be called "Warkult", it will be recorded in Feb and released in June right before they head off for their European Summer Festival appearances. At least 10 song's will be recorded and a few cover's from some obscure thrash metal bands.
(12.08) The new Fear Factory cd is being mixed in Vancouver right now by the band and Greg Reely (Machine Head, SYL). It's reported to be very heavy, and that would be a good thing.
(12.08) Anthrax will record their upcoming shows in Chicago (Dec. 5), Flint (Dec. 6) and Cleveland (Dec. 7) for a live CD / DVD that will accompany the group's "redone oldies" CD "Metallum Maximus Aeternus". Expect a late spring release date.
(12.06) So it looks like Lord Worm is back with Cryptopsy. The following was posted on the Cryptopsy website: Un mal pour un bien", I've heard it said, and those seven long years ago, unhappy though I was at leaving (for a private question of honour, not beer), it was none the less for the best. Now, we've come full circle, and again a private question of honour finds me back in the fold. "It is so. It cannot be otherwise." See you soon.. L.W.
(12.03) Added the Reader's Poll, check it out and vote!

Nov 2003

(11.30) Here's a track off the new Decapitated album.
(11.30) In the news section of Cryptopsy's site is the words "Guess who's back." I can only assume either Mike or Lord Worm has returned to fulfill the vocal duties. But which one :O
(11.29) Release on Disgorge's new album has been pushed back to 2004.
(11.29) Australia's Devolved are currently in the studio recording their new full-length album. Drum tracks are done, guitars to start soon, and it should be released early 2004.
(11.27) The new Nine Inch Nails album might be called "bleedthrough". It's scheduled for an early 2004 release.
(11.27) The new Damageplan cd will be called "New Found Power" (That name used to be the name of the project, not the album.) In related news, Both Vinnie and Darrell of the group have officially announced Pantera as being a dead entity, and bad blood between the brothers and former singer Phil Anselmo will probably keep it that way.
(11.27) Holland's Hammerheart Records and Jane Schuldiner, mother of late Death / Control Denied frontman Chuck Schuldiner, are having a dispute over what is to be done with the new Control Denied CD that Chuck was working on before his death in 2001. Looks like it'll be up to the courts to decide, in the meantime, Hammerheart are planning on releasing the incomplete CD spring of next year. The rest of the band has shown interest in the past in finishing up the CD and releasing it in Chucks memory, but I guess that won't happen till the legal dispute gets sorted out.
(11.27) Go here for an interview with Chief Spires, formerly of Nile, discussing his new band Shaitan Mazar and some of the reasons he left Nile.
(11.27) Rob Zombie is apparently working on that new album again. No further info on name, release date, etc.
(11.27) Malamor's release of "Dead To The World" will now be January 2004. As well as the original 8 songs on the CD, the band will add a newly recorded track called 'Condemn The Rising' (which was originally the title track from their first demo) and their cover of Death's 'Suicide Machine'. Two other newly recorded tracks, 'Traitor Amongst Us' and 'Impiety' will be used for future promo use.
(11.23) Added a review to Cannibal Corpse's "15-Year Killing Spree" boxset.
(11.22) Devin Townsend has been working on guitar tab for many of his albums, the first will be Ocean Machine. No release date, as they'll get finished when Devin has the time. He's also preparing a release of "Ass-Sordid Demos II", which will have many more early demos and songs, and possibly some Physicist remixes.
(11.22) Apocalyptica have released a new CD called "Reflections Revised". This revised copy of their latest album has a bonus DVD, containing all videos from the Album (incl. Seemann), EPKs and three different live-performances. Additionally there are also a couple of songs such as rare vinyl-tracks, b-sides, vocal verisons of Faraway and the single Seemann.
(11.22) Added a review to Project: Failing Flesh's "A Beautiful Sickness" album.
(11.22) Added a review to Neuraxis' "A Passage Into Forlorn" and "Truth Beyond" albums.
(11.22) Added a review to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Album soundtrack.
(11.22) Added a review to Slayer's "War At The Warfield" DVD.
(11.22) Added a review to Dream Theater's "Train Of Thought" album.
(11.22) Added a review to December's "Praying Hoping Nothing" album.
(11.22) Added a review to Krisiun's "Works of Carnage" album.
(11.22) Added a review to Hanzel Und Gretyl's "Uber Alles" album.
(11.22) Added a review to Blood Duster's "D.F.F." EP.
(11.22) Aborted are heading back to denmark in february to record a MCD under the tentative title "Bloodfix". The band will record 3 new songs, a revamped version of 'The sanctification of fornication' and a coversong. The release date should be April 2004.
(11.22) Immolation should have a live DVD coming out soon.
(11.22) Some interesting statistics on the best selling death metal album and most albums sold can be found here. Here's a rundown: The best selling death metal artists of the soundscan era (post May 25th 1991) are CANNIBAL CORPSE: 558,929 albums, DEICIDE: 481,131 a;bums, MORBID ANGEL: 445,147 albums, SIX FEET UNDER: 370,660 albums, OBITUARY: 368,616 albums, DEATH: 368,184 albums, NAPALM DEATH: 367,654 albums, CARCASS: 220,734 albums, ENTOMBED: 198,764. The top-selling death metal albums of the SoundScan era are as follows: MORBID ANGEL – "Covenant" (1993): 127,154, DEICIDE – "Deicide" (1990): 110,719, DEICIDE – "Legion" (1992): 103,544, OBITUARY – "The End Complete" (1992): 103,378, CANNIBAL CORPSE – "The Bleeding" (1994): 98,319
(11.22) Check here for an interview about Anthrax. The band will be releasing an album called "Metallum Maximus Aeternus", which is a collection of Belladonna/Turbin-era songs sung by current vocalist John Bush. The album will be recorded early next year for a spring release.
(11.15) Go here for a video (mostly live footage) for the Deeds Of Flesh song "Cleansed by Fire".
(11.15) The new Cannibal Corpse will be out Feb 10th 2004.
(11.15) Gorerotted's new cd will be out Nov 3rd in Europe and Jan 27th 2004 in the US.
(11.15) In Napalm Death news, guitarist Jesse Pintado will not be taking part in the current tour. He's back in Los Angeles with his family "taking sometime off and recovering from a very exhaustive year...." Since the tour was already booked, ND decided to go at it as a 4 piece. Jesse will be back soon. The covers album will now be out early next year.
(11.15) Suffocation's new CD will be called "Souls To Deny" and should be out next spring.
(11.15) Fear Factory have finished recording their new album at Rumbo Recorders studio with engineer Ken Marshall (SKINNY PUPPY). The CD is called "Archetype" and contains 13 tracks. It's expected to be out in April. Also, while Christian played both bass and guitar on the CD, it seems Strapping Young Lad's Byron Stroud will be joining the group as their new permanent bass player. Christian is very excited about the cd, and speaks of how brutal it is. I can only hope that is true, it would be nice to see a return of the angrier Fear Factory.
(11.08) The Skinlab hiatus has been a lot shorter than expected, the band is back and ready to go, they're working on material for a new album, and expect to have "The Nerve Damage Sessions" out early 2004.
(11.08) Drummer Dave Culross has rejoined Malevolent Creation, and will be on their newest album, which is slated for a June 2004 release on Nuclear Blast. The LiveCD and DVD are still being worked on.
(11.08) The rerelease of Slipknot's "Welcome To Our Neighborhood" on DVD will be Nov 18th 2003, the DVD will contain everything from the VHS, plus seven minutes of special additional concert footage of the track "Scissors" recorded in 1999, and some other behind the scenes stuff.
(11.08) Cryptopsy have parted ways with vocalist Martin Lacroix, no reason has been given. They're searching for a replacement while still working on their 5th album, which is planned for release next year.
(11.02) Deeds Of Flesh are in the process of putting an album together of cover songs. Bands they'll be doing songs from include Kreator, Carcass, Napalm Death and Deicide.
(11.02) Diabolic's new album "Infinity Through Purification" will now be out Nov 18th 2003.

Oct 2003

(10.31) The debut album from Damageplan will now be out Feb 10th 2004.
(10.31) Nine Inch Nails will have a new album finished by the end of the year, no idea on release date.
(10.31) Blood Duster have just released their new album, which is self titled.
(10.24) Cannibal Corpse's new album will be called "The Wretched Spawn", and will be out Feb 2004.
(10.23) The band formerly known as New Found Power will now be called Damageplan, featuring guitarist Dimebag Darrell (ex-PANTERA), Dimebag's drummer brother Vinnie Paul (ex-PANTERA), DIESEL MACHINE/ex-HALFORD guitarist Patrick Lachman (on vocals) and ex-JERRY CANTRELL guitarist Shawn Matthews (on bass). The band will release their debut album on Elektra records in January. The music will be "where Pantera left off..."
(10.23) Grip Inc's new album will be called "Incorporated", and will be out early 2004 through SPV Records in Europe and JVC Records in Japan (no North American release yet). The album was recorded at Woodhouse Studio in Hagen, Germany.
(10.23) The soundtrack for the new Texas ChainSaw Massacre film will include work by Pantera, Static-X, Meshuggah, Fear Factory (A new song), Morbid Angel, and Lamb Of God, among others.
(10.23) Meshuggah will be releasing a 1 song (20 min) ep this spring on Fractured Transmitter Records.
(10.18) Go here for a the video of 'Murderer' from Krisiun's new album.
(10.18) Go here for a the video of 'We Will Rise' from Arch Enemy's new album.
(10.18) Cannibal Corpse has recently reached the one million mark for combined sales of all their albums. The band has finished recording their new album and is now in the mix stage.
(10.12) The Slayer boxset will come in 2 versions, a regular edition which will contain 3 CDs and 1 DVD, and a deluxe edition will contain a bonus Live CD from their "God Hates Us All" Tour with Dave Lombardo on drums.
(10.03) In Nasum news, bassplayer Jon "Elle" Lindqvist (Sayyadena, Victims) and former live-only guitarist Urban Skytt have been added to the group. Also, go here for an interview with the band's drummer. And go here for a live show from Japan of the band in mpg format (over 400meg of show).
(10.03) Roman Garbacik (8 Trak Mind, Mourn Makes Movement) has been named the new vocalist for Scar Culture. The band is working on material for a new album.
(10.03) Go here for an interview with Alex Auburn of Cryptopsy, where he reveals the band will enter the studio in October, and hopefully have the new album ready by March of next year.
(10.02) Added a review to Napalm Death's "Noise For Musics Sake" album.
(10.02) Added a review to Requiems Of Revulsion: A tribute To Carcass album.
(10.02) Added a review to Tyrants From The Abyss: A Tribute To Morbid Angel album.
(10.02) Added a review to Aborted's "The Purity Of Perversion" album.
(10.02) Added a review to Aborted's "Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done" album.
(10.02) Added a review to A Life Once Lost's "A Great Artist" album.
(10.02) Added a review to Rob Zombie's "Past, Present & Future" album.
(10.02) Added a review to Gwar's "America Must Be Destroyed" album.
(10.02) Added a review to Krisiun's "Conquering North America 1999-2000" live bootleg.
(10.02) Added a review to Cryptopsy's "UnGentle Exhumation" demo.
(10.02) Added a review to Decapitated's "The First Damned" album.
(10.02) Added a review to Arch Enemy's "Anthems Of Rebellion" album.
(10.02) Added a review to Morbid Angel's "Heretic" album.
(10.02) Added a review to Monstrosity's "Rise To Power" album.
(10.02) Added a whole bunch of album reviews, some new, some quite old, check it out.

Sept 2003

(09.28) Hate Eternal are working on new material (as well as lots of touring) and expect to have a new cd ready for next year. Go here for an interview with the band.
(09.27) Meshuggah is working on material for another new album, due for a late 2004/early 2005 release.
(09.27) Go here for a small black and white image of the artwork for the new Dream Theater album.
(09.22) Slipknot's "Welcome To Our Neighborhood" home video will be released on DVD on Nov 18.
(09.22) Go here for a song off the new Krisiun album.
(09.22) Go here to dowload a song off the new Akercocke cd.
(09.20) Added a review to Gorguts' "...And Then Comes Lividity / Demo Anthology" album.
(09.20) Go here for an interview with the band Extol.
(09.20) Col Jones, co-founding member and drummer for Exhumed has left the band to dedicate his time to a career as a molecular biologist. The band is currently looking for a new drummer.
(09.15) Krisiun's new album "Works Of Carnage" will be out Oct 7th, and their Live DVD will be out early next year.
(09.15) Diabolic's new album "Infinity Through Purification" will be out Oct 21st.
(09.15) Aborted is working on an EP due out early next year, it will include three new tracks, one old track from the first album redone, a cover song and various live videos.
(09.15) Added a review to Misery Index's "Retaliate" album.
(09.15) Added a review to Soils Of Fate's "Crime Syndicate" album.
(09.13) Soulless have finished writing material for the new album, and begin pre-production work soon.
(09.13) Dream Theater's new album will be called "Train Of Thought" and will be released Nov 11th 2003. It will contain 7 tracks, so I guess we can be assured of plenty of long songs :)
(09.13) Devolved have completed recording the music for a new full length album, tentatively scheduled for a late 2003 release. They're still looking for a new vocalist, and haven't recorded any vocal tracks for the album yet. The planned "Automation 002" and "Automation 003" EPs will still be produced, but they're likely to come out next year or later. The new album will include a few songs rerecorded from "Automation 001", as well as a cover of Metallica's 'Battery'
(09.13) Suffocation has just signed with Relapse records, expect the new album to be out early 2004.
(09.13) Malamor have finally signed with Japanese record label Amputated Vein Records, and promise the album will be out before the end of 2003.
(09.13) Go here for a sample off the new Morbid Angel album (warning, this is a very low quality mp3, you may want to skip it and just wait for the album). The album will have several editions available, including the regular CD and a double CD set that contains a 18 track unreleased 'Bonus Levels' CD.
(09.13) The new Akercocke CD called "Choronzon" will be out on Earache records Nov 4th 2003 in the US. Go here for the cover art.
(09.13) Decapitated have finished recording their new album, tentatively titled "The Negation", but won't mix it till after their September tour with Vader. The album is currently scheduled for a feb 2004 release.
(09.07) Added a review to Blood Has Been Shed's "Spirals" album.
(09.07) Added a review to Soulreaper's "Life Erazer" album.
(09.07) Added a review to Imperious' "In Splendour" album.
(09.07) Added a review to Apocalyptica's "Faraway Vol. 2" Single.
(09.06) Slayer has written 7 songs for their new album, which will have Dave Lombardo on drums, for an early 2004 release. The boxset "The Soundtrack To The Apocalypse" is also finally coming out Nov 11th. You can also download two live slayer videos from Dave's site: South of Heaven and Angel of Death. Speaking of Dave, he has finished recording drum tracks for the new Grip Inc cd, due out also in 2004.
(09.06) Vader's new EP "Blood" will be out Sept 22nd.
(09.05) Monstrosity have completed mixing their new album "Rise To Power". It'll be out Sept 23rd, and go here for a pic of the cover artwork.

Aug 2003

(08.30) Added a review to Coal Chamber's "Giving The Devil His Due" album.
(08.30) Added a review to Blood Has Been Shed's "Novella of Uriel" album. I'm working on getting a copy of their new "Spirals" album for review soon.
(08.30) Added a review to Exhumed's "Anatomy Is Destiny" album.
(08.30) The Cannibal Corpse Boxset "15-Year Killing Spree" will be out Nov 3rd. Go here for a complete list of what it contains.
(08.30) Rob Zombie will have a retrospective CD out on Sept 23rd called "Past, Present & Future", this cd will also contain 2 new tracks.
(08.30) To listen to a clip from Apocalyptica's new single "Seemann" click here.
(08.24) Added a review to Extol's "Synergy" album.
(08.23) Origin will be recording a live DVD September 26th in Topeka, Kansas.
(08.23) Malevolent Creation are working on material for a new album, recording starts Feb 1st for a summer 2004 release.
(08.23) Sinister have parted ways with guitarist Pascal Grevinga and bassist Alex, Ron van de Polder is the new permanent guitarist. They're already working on a new album to be released early 2004 called "Heaven Termination".
(08.23) Lead guitarist Aaron Strong has left Vile. New material is still being worked on, for probably release in Summer/Fall of 2004.
(08.23) Added a review to Iniquity's "Iniquity Bloody Iniquity" album.
(08.17) Added a review to Malignancy's "Cross Species Transmutation" album.
(08.16) Check the Arch Enemy website for the cover art and a sample from the new album.
(08.16) Here's an image of the cover for the new Morbid Angel CD.
(08.09) Go here for the complete track listing to Napalm Death's "Leaders Not Followers 2" cover song album. It's due out before the end of the year.
(08.09) Slayer is working on a new album due in April 2004.
(08.09) Fear Factory is rumored to be about to sign a record deal with D3 Entertainment. They would then enter the studio in early fall to record a new album due out in 2004.
(08.09) Dream Theater will start mixing their new album mid August, for a release before the end of the year.
(08.09) Impaled has just signed a 4 record deal with Century Media.
(08.09) Hate Eternal bassist Jared Anderson has left the band while he works through a drug problem. In the meanwhile, Randy Piro will be filling his shoes on bass and backing vocals.
(08.09) Flo, drummer for Cryptopsy, will be working on an instructional video and DVD for 2004. Visit their site for more info, and visit this site for some other info regarding Flo's kit and biography.
(08.09) The new Morbid Angel album will be called "Heretic" and will be out Sept 23rd.
(08.04) Canadian industrial doom/death metal band Zaraza have finished the recording and mastering of their long delayed second opus "No Paradise To Lose". The album will be released this fall. Visit here for 2 mp3s off the new album.
(08.04) Soulless is woring on material for a new album, to be released at the end of the year.
(08.04) Skinlab are going to take a hiatus for awhile, however, before they do, they'll be honoring the last live shows on their West Coast tour. The band's "The Nerve Damage Sessions" cd will be out early 2004.
(08.04) The Coal Chamber bsides album will now be out Aug 19th.

July 2003

(07.20) According to the Origin website, John Longstreth (the drummer) has indeed left the band permanently (fuck!) and they've got themselves a new drummer named Jeremy Gregg. A real shame, John was such a great talent, and IMO that talent didn't shine through on the latest Skinless cd. Ah well, Jeremy, you have some big shoes to fill, but if you pull it off, more power to you dude.
(07.20) Gorerotted have just signed with Metal Blade Records. Their new album "Only Tools And Corpses" will be out Nov 2003.
(07.20) Akercocke have just signed to Earache records.
(07.19) Meshuggah have finished their contract with Nuclear Blast, and are weighing options with other labels (and with Nuclear Blast, who seem more than happy to have the band sign a new contract with them). They have also discussed the possibility of doing a live album, but have made no decisions.
(07.19) Slipknot have started the writing process for the new album.
(07.19) Here's the track listing for the Slayer DVD, still supposed to be out July 29th: 1) 'Disciple' 2) 'War Ensemble' 3) 'Stain Of Mind' 4) 'New Faith' 5) 'Postmortem' 6) 'Raining Blood' 7) 'Hell Awaits' 8) 'Here Comes The Pain' 9) 'Die By The Sword' 10) 'Dittohead' 11) 'Bloodline' 12) 'God Send Death' 13) 'Dead Skin Mask' 14) 'Seasons In The Abyss' 15) 'Captor Of Sin' 16) 'Mandatory Suicide' 17) 'Chemical Warfare' 18) 'South Of Heaven' 19) 'Angel Of Death'
(07.19) The Death Tribute CD that James Murphy is working on is shaping up, they expect to go into the studio in late AUgust. As well as previous guests, the project will also include Paul and Mick from Slipknot and Terry Butler (Ex-Death, Six Feet Under) will contribute some bass tracks.
(07.15) Added a review to Divine Empire's "The Making of Doomed to Inherit" DVD.
(07.13) Plenty 'o news on the Devin Townsend front. Strapping Young Lad should come through San Francisco on Sept 12 at The Pound. Devin is currently working on the sound track for a video game for Interplay Entertainment called “Fallout”. He's also started a project with one of his engineers named Dan Kearley called Kermit, which will probably be a bonus disk to the next DTB record. SYL will also release an EP in the near future, which will contain 4 new songs and 4 cover songs.
(07.12) Added a review to Sinister's "Savage or Grace" album.
(07.12) Added a review to Divine Empire's "Nostradamus" album.
(07.12) Added a review to Sepultura's "Roorback" album.
(07.12) Added a review to Deeds Of Flesh's "Reduce To Ashes" album.
(07.12) Added a review to Rob Zombie's "House of 1,000 Corpses" Soundtrack.
(07.12) Added a review to Shape Of Despair's "Angels Of Distress" album.
(07.12) Added a review to the Matrix Reloaded's Soundtrack.

June 2003

(06.29) Malevolent Creation will be touring Brazil, and hope to get some footage from the tour for their upcoming DVD / live CD release.
(06.27) It seems the new Prong cd will be released June 30th (3 days) on Locomotive music. It is called "Scorpio Rising". Visit their site for more details.
(06.27) Sepultura have signed a deal with SPV USA to release their new album stateside sometime in August.
(06.23) Visit this site for a track off the new Soulreaper album.
(06.21) Added a review to Skinless' "From Sacrifice To Survival" and "Foreshadowing Our Demise" albums.
(06.21) Added a review to Anthrax's "We've Come For You All" album.
(06.21) Added a review to Nasum's "Helvete" album.
(06.21) Added a review to Dying Fetus' "Stop At Nothing" album.
(06.21) Added a review to Visceral Bleeding's "Remnants Of Deprivation" album.
(06.21) Morbid Angel will begin mixing their new "H" album next week.
(06.21) Ozzy is working on a new CD for release in 2004.
(06.21) Dying Fetus, Skinless, Misery Index and Divine Empire will play at the Pound in San Francisco on Aug 1st.
(06.21) The Coal Chamber Bsides album will now be out July 29th.
(06.18) Go here for an interview with Divine Empire. Also, visit the band's website to buy a copy of their DVD, which shows Divine Empire in rehearsal and in studio during the making of Doomed to Inherit.
(06.11) Added a review to Deftones' new self-titled album.
(06.11) Added a review to Chimaira's "The Impossibility Of Reason" album.
(06.05) Cannibal Corpse will be releasing a Boxset in November which will include a Live DVD, Cannibal Corpse's original demo, some cover songs, "Created To Kill", the original name for the album "Vile" with Chris Barnes on vocals, and a CD of best-of material.
(06.05) The new Morbid Angel album is codenamed "H2K3".
(06.05) Go here for an interview with Carcass (no, the band has not reformed, but this is a recent interview).
(06.05) Satariel are hoping to record their new album "Hydra" soon.
(06.05) Vader will record a new MCD July 10th which will include two new tracks and 7 songs in total. They hope to release it in October. It is tentatively titled "Blood".
(06.05) The new Malignancy MiniCD "Cross Species Transmutation" contains 7 tracks, and will be out July 22nd on United Gutteral Records.
(06.05) Rob Zombie's "House of 1,000 Corpses Soundtrack" is out now.
(06.05) Sepultura's new album "Roorback" is out in Europe right now.
(06.05) Soils Of Fate's new album is out now, and available for purchase through their website.
(06.05) Pessimist is currently writing music, and may record some stuff later this year, but right now most of the energy of Kelly McLauchlin is being put into a side project called Unholy Ghost, which includes Aantar Lee Coates, Paul Ouellette, and Jerry Mortellaro, all formerly of Diabolic. Speaking of that band, after major lineup changes, the band is ready to record their 4th album "Infinity Through Purification" in July, for an October release date on Century Media / Olympic.
(06.05) Go here for an interview with Erik Rutan in mp3 format about Hate Eternal.
(06.05) Dave, Kerry and Jeff have gotten together to start putting material together for a new Slayer album. Dave's solo album has been put on hold for the moment.
(06.05) Existence is writing new music and hopes to record something later this summer.
(06.03) Go here for the first batch of Official Dream Theater Bootlegs.

May 2003

(05.30) Bassist Jesper Liveröd has decided to leave Nasum, although he says on the website there is no bad blood between them. The band adds second guitarist Urban Skytt to their live act, he may join the band permanently.
(05.25) Go to the Sinister website to see the new album cover artwork and hear a track off the album.
(05.24) Coal Chamber's b-sides album will be called "Giving The Devil His Due" and will be out June 17th. In band news, they do not have a new drummer yet, and are not currently working on a new album.
(05.24) Slipknot will be getting together in August to continue working on the new album, an early 2004 release is now likely.
(05.24) Steve Tucker, former vocalist / bass player for Morbid Angel, has rejoined the band, which is now in the studio working on their next album.
(05.24) Now it looks like the Slayer DVD will be out July 29.
(05.19) The german Dream Theater fanclub is releasing a series of videos chronicling the band on tour. Some interesting stuff in here, as well as some boring stuff, but there's enough good bits to make it worth while if you're a fan of the band. A new video appears each week, so check back for updates to the videos.
(05.19) The metal webzine Corridor of Cells will no longer be updated, it's editor Jacek has decided to shift his time and energy elsewhere, including spending more time on his band Zaraza. Also a casualty is Jacek's long running extreme metal radioshow available on CKUT in Montreal, a show I proudly listened to while I was living in the city. We'll miss ya Jacek, good luck with everything.
(05.19) Go here for a track from the new split CD between Deepred and a new french band called Loathing.
(05.19) James Murphy is collaborating with Deron Miller of CKY, Brett Hoffman (ex-Malevolent Creation), and Dave Culross (ex- Malevolent Creation, Suffocation) on a Death tribute album, more info on that when stuff gets decided. The new Disincarnate album is on the back burner, but James promises it'll be well worth the wait.
(05.19) December will begin writing material for a new album in a few weeks. Devin Townsend will be producing the album.
(05.19) Decapitated will be recording a new album at Hertz Studio from July 28th till August 21st. Release of the album is currently scheduled for Oct 28th.
(05.19) Juan Urteaga has left Vile, he will be concentrating instead on his Trident Studios and family obligations. James Lee of Origin will be filling in on vocals for a couple of tours planned for the spring and summer. The band is working on new material, and also still looking for a new drummer.
(05.19) The new single from Apocalyptica will now be available starting May 26th. And the artwork for the album is available here.
(05.19) Download a new Encabulos song from here.
(05.19) Devolved has postponed working on a new "Automation 002" EP and is working on material for a new album instead.
(05.13) According to the Necrophagist website, the band is 90% finished writing their new album, and they plan on finishing recording by August.
(05.13) Disgorge has completed five songs from their upcoming album "Parallels of Infinite Torture".
(05.13) Origin is currently writing material for the next CD as yet untitled.
(05.13) Exhumed's new album will be out July 29, 2003.
(05.11) Go here for a mp3 of the song "One Shot, One Kill" off the new Dying Fetus album.
(05.10) Added a review to Apocalyptica's "Reflections" album.
(05.10) Added a review to Devin Townsend's "Accelerated Evolution" album.
(05.10) Added a review to Cryptopsy's "None So Live" album.
(05.10) Added a review to KoldBorn's "First Enslavement" album.
(05.10) Krisiun's new album shall be called "Works of Carnage", which still needs to be mixed. They will also be releasing their live DVD sometime this summer.
(05.10) Go here for an interesting interview with Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera about the future of the band.
(05.10) The new Arch Enemy album shall be called "Anthems Of Rebellion" and is scheduled for an August 26th release.
(05.10) Looks like the new Divine Empire CD has also been pushed back till June 3rd.
(05.10) According to Amazon.com, the Slayer DVD will now be released June 3rd.
(05.03) Skinlab is almost finished assembling a collection of alternate versions of studio tracks, several live tracks, one or two new songs, and some remixes. The album will be called "The Nerve Damage Sessions" and should be available later this summer.

Apr 2003

(04.28) In the May issue of Metal Hammer, Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow speaks about her relationship with guitarist Mike Amott, and their plans to get married before the end of the year.
(04.28) Strapping Young Lad is apparently putting footage together for it's very first DVD, expected before the end of the year.
(04.22) Finally managed to track down a copy of Dream Theater's "Hollow Years" EP, and reviewed it in the review section.
(04.22) Added a review to Fear Factory's "Hatefiles" bsides album.
(04.22) Added a review to Fear Factory's "LinchPin Special Australian Tour EP 2001" EP.
(04.20) Release of Chimaira's new album has been pushed back till May 13th.
(04.19) Go here for a new song off the new Deeds of Flesh album.
(04.19) Go here for a track from the new Sepultura album. The band is also planning a live CD / DVD later this year.
(04.19) Mighty Music have released a new best-of rarety record for Iniquity "Iniquity Bloody Iniquity". It contains 80 minutes of music including rarities, some songs from their albums, cover songs, etc.
(04.16) The new Soils Of Fate album "Crime Syndicate" should be out in early spring. The album contains 9 songs including a cover of Suffocations "Devoid Of Truth". See the cover artwork here.
(04.16) Divine Empire now have a new fulltime drummer, Duane Timlin. Their new album "Nostradamus" will be out May 6th as well.
(04.16) The live Cryptopsy CD has been postponed till May 6th.
(04.12) A new track off the new Psycho Industry cd is available at their website. Still no firm release date.
(04.12) On May 19th, Apocalyptica will be releasing a new single called "Far Away Vol. 2", track listing will be 1) Far Away Vol. 2, 2) Far Away Vol.2 (extended version), 3) Perdition (previously unreleased).
(04.12) After years of fighting, it seems Napalm Death and Earache records have finally made up, and are working together on a best-of / rarities cd called "Noise For Music's Sake", due for late summer. The band is also looking at doing a "Leaders Not Followers 2".
(04.12) Apparently Devin Townsend will be making an appearance on the next Steve Vai cd, as well as Steve appearing for a track on Devin's next project. "Accelerated Evolution", and the Special Edition of the cd are both available now. Meanwhile, Devin is on tour in Europe, and then will be joining Meshuggah for a short North American tour.
(04.08) The Slayer DVD will now be out Apr 29th 2003. The band has begun working on music for a new album.
(04.08) Prong has finished recording their new album, to be out in June in Europe, no US release date yet, but it may be in the summer.
(04.08) Cannibal Corpse will be back in the studios in Sept to record a new album.
(04.08) Grip Inc may be working on material for a new 4th album.

Mar 2003

(03.31) HatePlow will be doing a little mini tour around europe starting June 3rd. Upon completeing the tour, they plan to record a 3rd and final album, lineup is the same as for their previous cd, including Dave Culross on drums.
(03.26) Nasum's new album will be out May 13th 2003. Visit their site for the artwork.
(03.22) Added a review to Strapping Young Lad's "Strapping Young Lad" album.
(03.22) Added a review to Exploding Zombie's "Several Severed Heads" album. The band is working on new material for a new album they hope to release summer of 2003.
(03.22) Added a review to Soulless' "Agony's Lament" album.
(03.22) Suffocation is in the studio working on a new album, the first since the band reformed a few months ago. The current lineup is Frank Mullen (vocals), Terrance Hobbs (guitar), Mike Smith (drums), Josh Barohn (bass), and Guy Marchais (formerly of Internal Bleeding) as 2nd guitarist. For all the news, visit their official websiteÂ here.
(03.22) Meshuggah with Strapping Young Lad will be performing at Slims inÂ San Francisco on Apr. 29th.
(03.22) Morbid Angel is working on material for a new album, due out Sept 2003.
(03.22) Rob Zombie is starting to write for a new album.
(03.22) The Deftones' new self titled CD is tentatively scheduled for a May 20th release.
(03.22) The new Sepultura CD will be titled "Roorback" and should be out sometime in May in Europe. They're still working on a north american distribution deal.
(03.22) The ever delayed Slayer DVD has been pushed back again to sometime in April.
(03.20) The new cd from the Devin Townsend Band is now available, and the special european edition will become available sometime mid next week.
(03.20) Roadrunner has a new Chimaira song online called "Cleansation".
(03.18) Skinlab has started work on a new studio album, 2 songs have been written so far.
(03.18) The release of Cryptopsy's live album has been pushed back till April 22nd. They're still writing for the new album, which is tentatively scheduled for release at the end of the year.
(03.13) Monstrosity have added former vocalist Jason Avery back in the line up. Current vocalist, Sam Molina, will not leave the band but will instead take over the second guitarist duties. Sometime in May the band plans to enter the studio to record their new album tentatively titled "Rise to Power".
(03.13) Hate Eternal has had to cancel the rest of their tour. Apparently their tour bus hit a patch of black ice, and smashed into a tree. The bus is totalled, and Erik Rutan suffered whiplash and a cracked vertebrae, but is recovering fine.
(03.10) Dream Theater have just entered the studio to work on a new album.
(03.08) Malevolent Creation has decided to replace touring drummer Ariel Alvarado with new temporary drummer Tony Laureano (currently in Nile). He'll remain their drummer as long as it doesn't interfere with his Nile duties until a permanent replacement can be found. Meanwhile, the band will be be recording two shows on April 5th and 6th at the MetalMania Festivals in Poland and Czech for a live DVD they hope to release in July.
(03.07) Skinless will enter Albany's Max Trax Studios on Feb 26 with producer Neil Kernon (Cannibal Corpse) to record their new CD, "From Sacrifice To Survival". Origin's John Longstreth will be recording the drums. The album is tentatively scheduled for a June 3rd release on Relapse Records.
(03.07) Soulreaper's new album is now scheduled for release June 2nd.
(03.07) Arch Enemy is still hard at work on the new album, which is slated for a late spring release.
(03.07) The north american release of Anthrax's new album is now May 6th.
(03.07) Sounds like Iniquity will be releasing a compilation in the near future containing unreleased material, demo tracks, promo tracks and more.
(03.07) Slipknot will be getting together soon to start writing the new album. They hope to record this spring and have the album out by late summer.
(03.07) Martyr is "in intensive writing process" according to their website.

Feb 2003

(02.22) Krisiun have begun recording their new album at Bebop 2 Studios in SÃ£o Paulo with producer Pierre RÃ©millard (Cryptopsy, Gorguts). The currently untitled album will include two instrumentals and possibly a cover version of Venom's "In League With Satan".
(02.22) Dying Fetus has now finished recording their new album. Release date of May 13th remains unchanged.
(02.16) Rob Zombie speculates he may have a new album ready by the end of this year or early 2004. Meanwhile, Rob's movie directorial debut, "House of 1,000 Corpses", is slated to hit theaters on April 11, to be preceded by the soundtrack on March 25, which will include 5 new Zombie songs and much, much more.
(02.16) The new Sepultura album is now completely recorded, mixing will start next week. It's tentatively scheduled for a May 2003 release. For a complete track listing of the 12 songs, go here.
(02.15) Another new song from Devin Townsend's "Accelerated Evolution" has been released here.
(02.15) Coal Chamber will be releasing a B-sides album this spring with B-sides from the first, second, and third albums as well as some unreleased material that has never been heard, maybe some live material as well.
(02.07) Misery Index's new album will be called "Retaliate" and will be out on Nuclear Blast records Aug 25th.
(02/07) Nasum have finished recording their new album, which they hope to release late March / early April.
(02.07) Check the Anthrax website for the new cover artwork and a link to a song off the new album, and damn, seems like they got heavy again. Cool.
(02/07) Sinister entered the studio January 21 to start working on their new album, which they hope to release May 12th.
(02.07) Akercocke will release their third album "Choronzon" sometime this spring. Two unmixed new songs can be found on their website .
(02.07) Deeds Of Flesh will start recording their new album "Reduced to Ashes" in Feb, for a June 24th release. It should contain 8 songs and be at least 40min.
(02.07) Fear Factory will be releasing a B-sides/remix album called "Hatefiles" on April 8th on Roadrunner records. Visit here for the track listing.
(02.07) Slayer's DVD "War At The Warfield" has been pushed back till Feb 25th.
(02.04) HDR just announced a special edition version of Devin Townsend's "Accelerated Evolution" album which includes Devin's EKO project as a bonus CD. For more information, write HDR at hevydevy@shaw.ca.
(02.04) Cryptopsy's live album "None So Live" will be out April 8th 2003. Track listing as follows: '1) Intro', '2) Crown of Horns', '3) White Worms', '4) We Bleed', '5) Open Face Surgery', '6) Cold Hate, Warm Blood', '7) Phobophile', '8) Shroud', '9) Graves of the Fathers', '10) Drum Solo', '11) Defenestration', '12) Slit Your Guts'. The band is currently writing material for their new album.
(02.02) Added a bunch of reviews for all the major releases from the band Discordance Axis, including their recent DVD release "Pikadourei".
(02.01) Added a review to Spawn Of Possession's "Cabinet" album.
(02.01) Added a review to Strapping Young Lad's "Limited Edition Tour EP" album.

Jan 2003

(01.31) Added a review to Polluted Inheritance's "Into Darkness" album.
(01.31) Soulless's latest cd will be distributed by Crash Music Inc in the US and Canada.
(01.25) Added a review to Deranged's "Plainfield Cemetery" album.
(01.25) Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul have started up a new group called New Found Power, along with former Halford guitarist Patrick Lachman on vocals and ex-Jerry Cantrell guitarist Shawn Matthews on bass. They're working on material for a debut album, to be released later this year. In Pantera news, it seems like the band may be dead for good, in a Guitar World interview with Dimebag he says that Rex and Phil (the other two members of Pantera) refuse to discuss future plans, and so the brothers have decided to get on with their lives and that's why they're forming this new band. On a personal note, I was very confused by the fact that in the aforementioned Guitar World magazine, Dimebag was rated as the top metal guitarist for 2002. I mean, he hasn't released an album in years, and there's certainly a bunch of other people who did some spectacular stuff in 2002 that deserve more praise right now. Mind you, just about all the other metal categories in the mag were filled with (in my opinion) crappy bands and albums, Korn's "Untouchables" as the number 2 rated album???? Yickes! I expect all us fans of non-trendy metal have moved on to other pastures. A shame, I really enjoyed Guitar World in the late eighties early nineties.
(01.25) The new Deftones album, which might be self titled, is scheduled for a May release. In an interview, Chino mentioned the album will be a little heavier and energetic than their last album.
(01.25) The newly reformed Fear Factory (sans Dino) have now been officially dropped from Roadrunner Records. They are shopping around their recently completed 4 song demo to other labels.
(01.20) Added a review to Slipknot's "Disasterpieces" DVD.
(01.20) The Devin Townsend Band's new album is now scheduled for a mid-march release.
(01.20) Visit centurymedia.com to order a $3 Strapping Young Lad Tour EP, limited to 2500 copies. On the EP is two new tracks from their new album: 'Devour' and 'Aftermath', 'Oh My Fucking God' from the "City" album, 'In The Rainy Season' from "No Sleep Till Bedtime" and 1 unreleased live track. The album will still be out Feb 11th.
(01.18) Dying Fetus, along with Hate Eternal andÂ Kataklysm will be performing on Feb 25 2003 in Los Angeles at the Key Club, and Feb 28 2003 in San Francisco at The Pound.
(01.18) After some problems between Aantar Coates, drummer for Diabolic, and the rest of the band, he has been asked and has agreed to leave the band. The current lineup is Brian Malone (Guitar), Eric Hersemann (Guitar) and Robert Cardenas (Vocals/Bass), and they'll be looking for a new drummer. They are working on material for a new album.
(01.18) Visit the Apocalyptica site for a preview of several songs from their new album "Reflections" due Feb 11th.
(01.14) Dying Fetus' new album "Stop At Nothing" is almost done, and will be released May 13th 2003.
(01.10) Gorgasm has signed to Unique Leader. Their next full length album "Masticate to Dominate" will be recorded in April for a late summer / fall 2003 release.
(01.05) Vader won't release their next studio album in 2003, instead they will wait till 2004. The band is going to release a new mini album in fall of 2003. The mini will include all bonus tracks from "Revelations" session and reportedly two or three new songs. There will also be a new DVD which apparently will only be released in Poland.
(01.05) The new Deftones album will no longer be called "Lovers".
(01.05) The US release of Anthrax's "We've Come For You All" has been pushed back till April 15th.
(01.04) Added a review to Devolved's "Automation EP 001" EP, and to their older album "Technologies".
(01.04) Added a review to Misery Index / Commit Suicide's "Split" EP.
(01.04) Added a review to Bloodbath's "Resurrection Through Carnage" album.
(01.04) Exhumed is working on their new album "Anatomy is Destiny". They expect to have the album ready by spring.
(01.04) Blood Duster's "Drink, Fight, Fuck" EP, which is already available in Australia, will be released by Relapse worldwide sometime early this year.
(01.04) Guitarist / vocalist Jeremy Turner has left Origin, the split was an amicable one. He's been replaced by former Origin member Clint Appelhanz.
(01.03) Pheroze (Vocals) and Alpheus (drums) have decided to leave Scar Culture. Their old drummer Duke will be filling in for a few shows, but the band is now looking for permanent replacements for the two missing musicians. The band hopes to record some new material this spring.
(01.03) On the official Anthrax website, drummer Charlie Benante asks fans to not download the new Anthrax record. The main issue is the american release will occur on April 1st while the Japanese and European release will occur early Feb, with such a great span of time between releases, many american fans will probably download the album once the European one gets released. While I'm sure the release date is beyond their control, I do wish they could have inked a deal to get all 3 releases to happen at approx the same time, which I think would be a much better deterrent than any sort of formal plea.
(01.03) Sepultura will travel to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on Jan. 9, 2003 to begin recording their as-yet-untitled new album with producer Steve Evetts. It is expected to be a late spring/early summer release. No word yet and who will distribute it in the states.
(01.03) Shawn Mann, drummer of Malamor, has retired. They will be recruited Dave Tetreault to replace him. And they're talked to several labels about finally releasing the long awaited "Dead To The World" CD.
(01.03) Dream Theater's "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" guitar tab book is out and available for purchase.
(01.03) Soulless' new album "Agony's Lament" was released on Saturday Dec 28.
(01.03) Visit Mp3.com for a track off the new Devin Townsend release "Accelerated Evolution" called 'Storm'. Another sample will be posted closer to the release of the album in Feb. In other Devin news, you can download a new track from the new SYL album called "devour' here. The track listing is as follows: 1) 'Dire', 2) 'Consequence', 3) 'Relentless', 4) 'Rape', 5) 'Aftermath', 6) 'Devour', 7) ', 'Last Minute', 8) 'Force Fed', 9) 'Dirt Pride', 10) 'Bring on the Young' and two bonus tracks: 11) 'Detox' (Australian live) and 12) 'Underneath The Waves' (Japanese live) .
(01.03) See what were yours and my Favorite Albums Of 2002!

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