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MONTHLY COLUMN by Diane Demeter My first epiphany was
realizing I was different. Later
“different” was changed to
“freak,” and in my eyes
that’s not a bad thing. Hence why I carved “freak”
into my leg, as a young teen. I
never wanted to forget, who I was. After picking up
Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” album at a
yard sale for a quarter, I felt like I was home. Metal music is the ONLY thing that has stood by my side
and remained a constant in my roller coaster of a ride called life.
But as life took a toll, I found that I let metal drift away. The more things
change, the more they stay the same…a series of events and
coincidences led me back on the right track and back “home”
to metal. A young man named Harley
Davidson, had a significant impact on me.
He took his mother and I to the first metal show I had seen in a
long time. We were hesitant but he insisted. Of course he dumped us in the parking lot, to experience it
by ourselves. I owe a lot to him. I am especially
grateful that he pushed me back into the metal realm.
He taught me the importance of staying true to one’s roots and
how a person should never be ashamed of who you are, where you came
from, and doing what it is that you love.
To do anything less makes a person a complete phony! It really warmed my
heart when later one he was
the one who was asking me if there was any new music that he should be
watching out for –– what a twist.
Thanks Harley, this
month’s column is dedicated to you!
RIP: 9/14/74 –
5/02/03. Save a place
for me in Head banging Heaven. SI
HABLA HEADBANGING This is for all of you
Spanish-speaking metal heads! The
Metal Blade Records website is now viewable in Spanish.
The site will be updated weekly with all the features the other Metal Blade sites have. Also included is the Metal Blade Records store where you can find LP’s, CD’s, shirts, tapes and oh so much more. http://metalblade.com/spanish/metalbladestart.html
Be on the look out for the Life
Of Agony DVD. In
January, two sold out shows were filmed and according to McGathy
Edge, who manages them, the DVD has killer packaging, great sound
and the film quality is amazing. ALERT:
Rob Halford’s much
bally-hooed Metal
Gods Tour has been abruptly cancelled.
Halford will be back this summer to play those shows with Testament
and others. No official
word as to why the tour stopped. Motorhead and Anthrax
are touring together. Damn, my neck aches just thinking about that!
Therapy? released their new
CD, “High
Anxiety”, on May 20. In
this crazy world we live in, couldn’t we all use a little Therapy? On June 7,
Chicago’s Metro is the place to be for all the head banging you can
stand! Check out The Haunted, Bleeding Through, Darkest Hour and Shai
Hulud. Shows like this make me jealous, that my Peoria-based butt is
not residing closer to Chicago. It’s official!
Cannibal Corpse has
reached Platinum status with 1,000,000 combined sales of all their
albums. Can you hear the
slap upside the head to all the posers?
Hallelujah, Death Metal is being taken seriously, as well it
should. That’s one hell
of an achievement. Fates Warning will be supporting Queensryche
and Dream Theater, heading your way at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
July 19. This summer is
going to be one hot and heavy metal rowdy good time!! Updates from Relapse
Records: After almost
three years, Dying Fetus, one
of the most celebrated underground Death Metal bands, is in your face
with “Stop
At Nothing.” Get
your copy now! Mortician’s “Darkest
Day of Horror” is also out in stores right now!
Roger Beaujard is
moving to guitar, so Mortician is looking for a live drummer.
If you’re man enough, interested applicants can contact Roger
at: roger@mortician.net Alabama Thunderpussy has amicably parted
ways with Johnny Throckmorton,
who has been along for the ride since the beginning -- six years.
Any vocalists interested in the position can apply at: alabamathunder@hotmail.com
or relapserecords@relapse.com
In the meantime buy their new CD, “Constellation.” Genocide Superstars are tearing things up
in a big way with “Superstar
Destroyer”, featuring Mieszko
Tararczyk (of Nasum) on
guitar and vocals. A new website has been
launched for Agoraphobic
Nosebleed, just in time for their latest effort,
“Altered States of America,” an ambitious 100 song/3-CD set.
Yeah, this is where the nosebleed comes in… If you like your metal
so heavy it hurts, then you have to lay down some cold, hard cash for
Relapse Records newest compilation, “Contaminated
5.0.” I’ve
lost track of how many Contaminated comps Relapse has put out over the
years, but they always prove to be a nasty little, pleasure/treasure. Amorphis fans have good reason
to scream from the rooftops in anticipation of their 10th Anniversary
CD, “Chapters,”
with all the highlights of their career to date. This milestone of recordings will be issued in deluxe
packaging, with plenty of liner notes, DVD Rom and a few surprises.
‘Til next time… “ONE NATION UNDERGROUND!”
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