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MONTHLY COLUMN by Diane Demeter This kind of weather (a whopping 9
degrees, not including the wind chill) is just right for listening to “Black
Winter Day” by Amorphis,
from the “Tales From The Thousand
Lakes” CD. Now
that I have that off my chest, let’s get down to business with your
monthly dose of all that is metal, from this perky purveyor of pounding
sound… In
Flames will be heading to the U.S. soon.
The song “Drifter,”
from their most recent CD, “Reroute
To Remain,” will be included on the upcoming Playstation 2 and
XBOX Jet Ski racing game “Splashdown 2,” due in June, from THQ.
Their CD was nominated for a Swedish Grammy with the awards
ceremony being in mid-February. One of the coolest promo items I received,
when I was doing radio, was two sets of In
Flames earplugs, in a special carrying case.
They haven’t been used yet, for obvious reasons, and probably
never will. Systematic
has a new CD, “Pleasure To Burn” featuring some killer drumming by
Slayer’s Paul Bostaph. Brick Bath’s full-length CD Rebuilt, with
14 tracks, will be up for grabs March 25. To order: www.crashmusicinc.com.
A three month tour of the
U.S. will start in mid February, including a live on-air performance for
the XM Satellite Radio Network VIP
Performance Series on April 14, 2003. The Jan/Feb issue of Terrorizer’s
“2002 Readers Poll” voted Cattle
Decapitation as one of the “Top
Ten Newcomers.” Other
bands that made the list are: Killswitch
Engage, Decapitated and Mastadon. Bal-Sagoth’s 10-year anniversary plans, for 2003 start off
with their 6th studio album. This
effort is supposedly much darker than anything released, thus far and
incorporates their heaviness from the early stuff and the style of their
most recent CD’s. A series of graphic novels are in
the works, set within the mythological world/lyrics. Also a film studio, based in Burbank, CA is interested in
producing an animated Bal-Sagoth-based fantasy film. To find out more: www.bal-sagoth.co.uk Somewhere in Chicago on Sunday, April 20 “The
United Tour” will be in town.
As of this writing the venue had yet to be announced.
The tour includes ––
Pigface, Thrill Kill Kult, Zeromancer (Norway) and Bile,
with DJ Scary Lady Sarah,
Candy XXX of Bozo Porno Circus, Kami
of Apocalypse Theatre and MK
Ultra ViXXXens. This
would be the show to see, if you’re sick to death of the same old,
same old…. “Faceless” is the new CD from Godsmack arriving April 8. Shannon
Larkin (ex-Amen) will be the new drummer on this release. Word has it they may
be on the road as early as May, reportedly with Sevendust and possibly this summer on some European festival dates
with Metallica. If you’re not acquainted
with Meshuggah’s music, you
definitely need to be. In
early February rehearsals started in Sweden for a Scandinavian tour, in
March and will be in the U.S. for about 4-weeks.
No support bands are confirmed at this time.
Actually it doesn’t matter who the hell plays with Meshuggah,
if you know what I mean and if not, trust me. David Ellefson, former Megadeth
bassist has joined with ex-Anthrax
guitarist, Dan Spitz and Iron
Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain to form a new project and as-yet-unnamed group.
They are said to follow an “extremely heavy” musical
direction. Six months ago
the recording sessions started for their debut release and no word as to
who will be doing the vocal duties or which label will pick them up. Former Midwest
BEAT metal gal, Wendy
(aka The Bison) is alive and well and still involved in the metal scene with
The Heavy Metal Appreciation Society, which was born in August 1999,
by a few metal freaks who just wanted a place to discuss their favorite
subject: metal.
Three years and 10 official band forums have passed and the HMAS
is up to 473 members. Also –– www.HMAS.org
–– is another great resource for news, reviews, opinions, and
interviews. The Bison
came across the site after an unofficial band forum opened.
She recalls, “I really
came here to flame it, heh. I
ended up bullying two moderators around like two helpless Girl Scouts
and was nominated to take their places.”
The Bison is an administrator and involved in the forum, for the
site. Official band forums include: Darkane,
Ion Vein, and Thyfring. The unofficial forums getting attention are tributes to In
Flames, Hammerfall and Ronnie James
Dio. Besides all that
great stuff you can also check out open discussion and music trade
forums. “No post gets past me. I love this site. This is home,” says Bison. She wants to extend an open invitation to the Midwest BEAT metal fans to see for themselves. Go to: www.hmas.org registration is free. FYI: They are looking for dedicated metal heads to join the cause. Kataklysm
is on tour showcasing material from
“In Shadows and Dust”
and joining the trip is Hate
Eternal, Dying Fetus and Into
Eternity. This show
will be wicked! So go check
‘em out March 7th at Rockhouse USA in Aurora, IL. MTV 2’s Extreme Rock Show
will be adding their video for, “In
Shadows and Dust,” into rotation and it should be airing end of
February. Kataklysm’s long time drummer, Max Duhamel left the band unexpectedly and responded by saying he
was just tired of it. Last
minute replacement J-F Richard
(Blastfame/Eon Dissonance) will fill in for the tour, but will not join
the band permanently.
‘Til next time -- “ONE
NATION UNDERGROUND!”
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