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MONTHLY COLUMN by Diane Demeter A
METAL LEGACY MADE OF “LED”…
Led Zeppelin is on the
charts again, as if we’re surprised, with their newest must-have, How
the West Was Won. More than
30 years later and the magic still lives on...and on...and on!
I can still remember
as if it was yesterday, seeing Led Zep’s The Song Remains the Same,
when it first came out in theaters.
To say I was awestruck is an understatement.
Now when I watch it on DVD, my heart still races.
I don’t know what it is about the song “No Quarter” but it
still gives me goose bumps.
Most of my female
friends agree that is our fave Zep song.
It will obviously be played at my funeral.
Fans of the band will
back me up when I say that listening to them has always been like a
religious experience. Besides
no one can fill out a pair of hip hugger jeans like Robert Plant.
Excuse me while I get
a bucket of ice… METAL
MATTERS AND MEANDERINGS…
Polish death metal
masters, Vader will be on
U.S. soil in October as guests of Nile
and Kreator. Also joining the tour are Amon
Amarth and Goatwhore.
The “Art of Noise 2
Tour” will be heading our way 10-17 at Pop’s in Sauget, IL and
10-18 in Chicago at the Vic Theatre.
Metal Blade Records’
“Uncorrupted
Steel Volume 2” compilation will be out in stores August 26,
2003. Included are songs
already available and some new tracks all for the low price of $6.98. If you like mixing it up with old school metal and some new
metal this is right up your alley.
Bands on the disc are –– Six
Feet Under, The Heavils, God Dethroned, Tourniquet, Vehemence,
Brainstorm and others.
Devin Townsend has been busy with
his band putting out their new CD, “Accelerated
Evolution,” producing some great metal and many side projects,
including a side project of his own, with Meshuggah.
Hopefully things will be in the works before the end of the year.
Can’t get enough of
progressive rock? Maybe you
should check out OSI; no not
the people who created the $6 million man.
The new CD –– “Office
of Strategic Influence” –– is bound to be a winner with
this line-up: Jim Matheos of Fates Warning, Kevin
Moore of Chroma Key and Mike
Portnoy of Dream Theater.
Freya is another side project, this one from Karl,
Bulldog and Eric of Earth Crisis.
The CD, “As
The Last Light Drains,” is available now and according to the
spin doctors, incorporates hardcore groove, is heavy yet melodic, and
has positive and meaningful lyrics.
Seattle’s Nevermore
will be releasing their new disc, “Enemies of Reality” July 29th. This is the follow-up to “Dead
Heart in a Dead World,” which was out two years ago.
I had a hard time getting that one out of the CD player.
News
from Sweden, The Crown has
nearly completed the upcoming CD, “Possessed 13”; with you guessed it, 13 tracks and will be
in stores September or October. In
other related news, vocalist Johan
Lindstrand, has rejoined The Crown.
To find out more go to www.thecrownonline.com/
New Jersey’s God
Forbid just recorded a cover of Guns
‘N Roses “Out To Get Me” for a forthcoming tribute to G&R on Law of
Inertia Records with a tentative early fall release. Other bands on the tribute CD are –– Dillinger Escape Plan,
Unearth, Everytime I Die, Haste, and Nora.
Godhead’s new disc “Revolver” hits the streets July 15.
God Forbid will be in the studio in July with producer Eric
Rachel to work on a new full-length album, to be mixed in August by Colin
Richardson (Carcuss, Sepultura).
Early 2004 is the anticipated release date.
Plans are now in the works for a full U.S. tour, late summer.
Ozzfest 2003 –– 14 hours of
music provided by 21 bands –– just absolutely screams, “Summer”!
It’s hard to
believe Ozzy has been
thrilling fans for 33 years and for the last 8 years 4 million metal
freaks have devoured his annual Ozzfest.
“The Village of the Damned” concourse at Ozzfest,
has been improved with state-of-the-art video games, piercing booths and
the best tattoo artists, plus some new surprises. The main stage bands
are Korn (their 1st Ozzfest
appearance), Disturbed, Marilyn
Manson, Chevelle and The
Datsuns (July 20-30 only).
The second stage
showcases –– Cradle of Filth,
Voivod, Depswa, Endo, Grade 8, Hotwire, Killswitch Engage, Memento,
Motograter, Nothingface, The Revolution Smile, Shadows Fall, Sworn
Enemy, Twisted Method and Unloco.
Ozzy and band mates, Zakk
Wylde, Jason Newsted and Michael
Bordin will wreak havoc on Chicago’s Tweeter Center July 20th.
Be good to yourself,
get out and see some shows and don’t forget to support your local
scene!
‘Til next time… “ONE NATION UNDERGROUND!”
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