News.RttP{Metal Update! 3/12/2004}

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-- NEWS --

THE CROWN
the deathrace kings have called it quits - according to an official statement: "Too many tours gone bad due to not at all professional tour
arrangements is maybe the main reason for giving up." - fans can look
forward to the band's final release 'Crowned Unholy' a revamped version of
'Crowned In Terror' featuring original vocalist Johan Lindstrand

PISSING RAZORS
guitarist Matt Difabio has left the band to focus on Single Bullet Theory

INTO ETERNITY
bassist Scott Krall has left the band for personal reasons - Troy Bleich
(Dirtbred) will fill in for upcoming tour dates

POISONBLACK
Ville Laihiala (Sentenced) has taken over as lead vocalist in addition to
his guitar duties

DISLIMB
the band has broken up - former members Rob Lesniak and Mike Connors are
in the process of writing material for a new band called All Hope Is Lost

TRAIL OF TEARS
Kjetil Nordhus (Green Carnation) has joined the band as a fulltime member
- as a result of this and a general disagreement about future plans, the
band announced that Cathrine Paulsen has decided to leave the band

CREST OF DARKNESS
Kjell Arne Hubred has been added as second guitarist for upcoming live
shows

MUST. . .NOT. . .KILL
New York's Brad Mader (All Out War) and Scott Murdick (Negative Outlook)
have teamed up in Tampa Bay with fellow New Yorker Shawn "Freek" O'Boyle
and local southerner Brian Jensen to form Must. . .Not. . .Kill

DREAM THEATER
last weekend, to celebrate their 15 anniversary DT played 'When Dream And
Day Unite' in its entirety - for the encore, the band was joined on stage
by former vocalist Charlie Dominici and former keyboardist Derek Sherinian

JON OLIVA
Savatage's mastermind has dubbed his new solo project "Jon Oliva's 'Tage
Mahal" in the interest of having a more creative moniker

TWISTED SISTER
the band is re-recording their multi-platinum album 'Stay Hungry'

NEW SIGNINGS
Earache: Addiction
code666: Axis Of Perdition
The End Records: Lilitu
Crash Music: Twilight Ophera
Black Market Activities: Ed Gein
Crazy Life Music: Hypnotic Face
Galy Records: Anvil, Eradykate, Magister Dixit

-- HELP WANTED --

VOCALIST wanted - New Jersey's Dedshot seeks vocalist - band includes
former members of Cyrcle IX & Rattlebone / Trippin on Dolls - songs range
from straight ahead rock to progressive style like Savatage but heavier -
have offers to play shows opening for national acts - contact:
kleintunes@hotmail.com

DRUMMER wanted - North Houston black/death metal band Dark Hand needs a
drummer - contact: darkhandbassist@yahoo.com

DRUMMER wanted - Phoenix, AZ band seeks drummer - must be between ages 18
& 24 - need blast beats - we have a drum set - influences: Slayer,
Cannibal Corpse, Pantera, Shadows Fall, Lamb Of God, Sepultura - contact:
dark_seasons2001@yahoo.com

BASSIST wanted - Montreal's NecronomicoN seeks bass player to fill in on
next tour - contact: necronomicon@angelfire.com

DRUMMER wanted - San Francisco band IGNiT seeks drummer - must be willing
to practice three times a week and tour often - contact: ignit@listen.to

-- FEATURES --

Watchmaker
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewwatch.html

Sepultura
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewsepultura.html

The Quill
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewthequill.html

Iced Earth
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewicedearth.html

-- REVIEWS --

- METAL JUDGMENT -
http://www.metaljudgment.com

My Dying Bride 'Songs of Darkness, Words of Light'
(Abyss, Death, Hel)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/mdb_frames.html

God Forbid 'Gone Forever'
(Abyss, Death, Hel)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/albums/godforbidgf_frames.html

Ion Vein 'Reigning Memories'
(Zilla)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/ionvein_frames.html

Calico System 'The Duplicated Memory'
(Jotun)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/calicosys_frames.html

The Monolith Deathcult 'The Apotheosis'
(Lugubrious)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/monolith_frames.html

Void 'Posthuman'
(Redwolff)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/void_frames.html

Theodore Ziras 'Virtual Virtuosity'
(Requiem)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/tziras_frames.html

Vexed 'Nightmare Holocaust'
(Behemoth)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/vexed_frames.html

Cadacross 'Corona Borealis'
(Sabbath)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/cadacross_frames.html

David La Duke 'Rock Hard Rocker'
(Solomon)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/davidladuke_frames.html

Dream Theater - Concert
(Death)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/dtlacon_frames.html

Cannibal Corpse w/ Hypocrisy, Exhumed, Vile - Concert
(Death, Hel, Sabbath)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/summary/cchev_frames.html

Godflesh 'Pure' - Classic
(Requiem)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/classics/godflesh_frames.html

Organized Hostility - Demo
(Slither)
http://www.metaljudgment.com/demos/orghos_frames.html

-- NEW RELEASES --

3/01 - Parabellum - Stainless
3/01 - Abaddon Incarnate - Dark Crusade
3/02 - Five Foot Thick - Circles
3/08 - Textures - Polars
3/08 - Dismember - Where Ironcrosses Grow
3/08 - Occult - Elegy For The Weak
3/08 - Cruachan - The Middle Kingdom
3/08 - Destruction - Live Discharge (DVD)
3/09 - 100 Demons
3/09 - Sex Positions
3/09 - My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light
3/09 - Centinex - Decadence- Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos
3/09 - Decapitated - The Negation
3/09 - Fleshcrawl - Made of Flesh
3/09 - Tarot - Suffer Our Pleasures
3/09 - Neuraxis - Imagery/ A Passage Into Forlorn
3/09 - Tesla - Into The Now
3/09 - The Blinding Light - The Ascension Attempt
3/09 - Frost - Raise Your Fist To Metal
3/09 - Scarlet - Cult Classic
3/09 - Dissenter - Contamination
3/09 - Gamma Ray - Skeletons In The Closet
3/09 - Mutilation - Possessed By Reality
3/09 - Deadsoil - Forever The Enemy
3/09 - Haste The Day - Burning Bridges
3/09 - Heavenly - Dust To Dust
3/09 - Fahrenheit - Chain Reaction
3/09 - Metalium - As One
3/09 - Brides Of Destruction - Here Come The Brides
3/09 - Horror Show - The Holiday (7")
3/09 - A Life Once Lost - A Great Artist (12")
3/09 - Atreyu - Suicide Notes. . . (CD/DVD)
3/10 - Azaghal - Perkeleen Luoma
3/10 - Krieg - The Black House
3/12 - Depressive Reality - Growling Death
3/15 - Dark Discliple - Unholy Hate Gore
3/15 - Entwine - diEversity
3/15 - Finntroll - Trollhammaren
3/15 - Edguy - Hellfire Club
3/15 - Urkraft - Eternal Cosmic Slaughter
3/15 - Autopsy - Dead as Fv<k
3/15 - Derketa - Goddess Of Death
3/15 - Disciples Of Mockery - Prelude To Apocalypse
3/15 - Dr Shrinker - Grotesque Wedlock
3/15 - Frankenstein Drag Queens - 6 Years. . .
3/15 - Atrocity - Cold Black Days (single)
3/16 - Seventh Key - The Raging Fire
3/16 - Grip Inc. - Incorporated
3/16 - Godsmack - The Other Side
3/16 - 36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance
3/16 - Merzbow - Venereology
3/16 - Mortician - Hacked / Zombie
3/16 - Exhumed - Platters Of Splatter
3/16 - Evergrey - The Dark Discovery
3/16 - Evergrey - Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy
3/20 - Syanide Kick
3/22 - Nocturnal Rites - New World Messiah
3/22 - Enforsaken - The Forever Endeavor
3/22 - Kataklysm - Serenity In Fire
3/22 - Within Y - Extended Mental Dimensions
3/22 - Cruachan - Folk-Lore
3/22 - Chuck Schuldiner - Zero Tolerance
3/22 - Final Dawn - Under The Bleeding Sky
3/22 - Susperia - Unlimited
3/22 - Mannhai - The Exploder
3/22 - Flowing Tears - Razorbliss
3/22 - Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death (DVDA)
3/23 - Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
3/23 - Eyes Of Fire - Ashes To Embers
3/23 - Soil - Redefine
3/23 - Officer Negative - The Death Campaign Project
3/23 - Subterranean Masquerade - Temporary Psychotic State
3/23 - The Hurt Process - Drive By Monologue
3/23 - Metal Blade 20th Anniversary Show (DVD/CD)
3/23 - Dio - Sacred Heart Live (DVD)
3/23 - NE Metal & Hardcore Festival 2003 (DVD)
3/26 - Hubi Meisel - EmOcean
3/29 - U.D.O. - Thunderball
3/29 - Immortal Rites - Art Of Devolution
3/29 - Iron Maiden - No More Lies
3/30 - Master - The Spirit Of The West
3/30 - Soulfly - Prophecy
3/30 - Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt
3/30 - Clutch - Blast Tyrant
3/31 - Heathen - Recovered

-- IN PRINT --

METAL HAMMER
http://www.metalhammer.co.uk

the March issue is out now featuring: Chimaira, Sworn Enemy, Hatebreed,
Terror, Most Precious Blood, E-Town Concrete, Walls Of Jerico, Atreyu,
Haste, Darkest Hour, Soil, Killswitch Engage, Damage Plan, Anthrax,
Monster Magnet, Sepultura, Decapitated, Stampin Ground, Within Temptation,
Exodus, Death Angel, Cannibal Corpse

-- ON THE NET --

WORM GEAR MAGAZINE
http://crionicmind.org/wormgear/

the legendary print 'zine has moved exclusively to the web - the site will
now be updated weekly - new features include: Axis Of Advance, Galgeras,
Marax

[AVERSIONLINE]
http://www.aversionline.com

the March issue is online now featuring: Close Second, The Change,
Misery's Omen, Miss Mofet, Under Pressure

LIVE 4 METAL
http://www.live4metal.com

new features: Opeth, Fireball Ministry, God Forbid, Misfits

THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE
http://www.wm3.org

Satanic Panic - could you be next?

-- TOUR DATES --

(dates are subject to change - check local listings)

DEICIDE w/ SUPERJOINT RITUAL

4/07 Cincinnati, OH
4/08 Sauget, IL (w/ Clutch)
4/09 Springfield, MO
4/10 Lincoln, NE
4/12 Columbia, MO
4/14 Fort Wayne, IN
4/15 Carbondale, IL
4/16 Peoria, IL
4/17 Detroit, MI
4/18 Grand Rapids, MI
4/21 Madison, WI
4/27 Chicago, IL
4/29 Cleveland, OH

DREAM THEATER

3/13 Minneapolis, MN
3/15 Kansas City, KS
3/17 St. Louis, MO
3/18 Milwaukee, WI
3/19 Chicago, IL
3/20 Cleveland, OH
3/22 Detroit, MI
3/23 Greensburg, PA
3/25 Toronto, ONT
3/26 Quebec City, QUE
3/27 Montreal, QUE
4/01 Boston, MA
4/02 Philadelphia, PA
4/03 New York, NY
4/22 Nagoya, JAP
4/23 Osaka, JAP
4/24 Osaka, JAP
4/26 Tokyo, JAP
4/28 Seoul, KOR

MORBID ANGEL w/ KRISIUN

3/12 Glauchau, GER
3/13 Katowice, POL(Metal Mania Festival)
3/14 Zlin, CZR (Metal Mania Festival)
3/15 Budapest, HUN
3/16 Prague, CZR
3/18 Pratteln, SWI
3/19 Strasbourg, FRA
3/20 Lille, FRA
3/21 Vosselaar, BEL
3/23 London, UK
3/25 Thessaloniki, GRE
3/26 Athens, GRE

SLIPKNOT w/ FEAR FACTORY

3/30 Orlando, FL
3/31 W. Palm Beach, FL
4/02 Birmingham, AL
4/03 Atlanta, GA
4/04 Myrtle Beach, SC
4/06 Winston-Salem, NC
4/08 Norfolk, VA
4/09 Washington, DC
4/10 Worcester, MA
4/12 New York, NY
4/13 Philadelphia, PA
4/14 Rochester, NY
4/16 Detroit, MI
4/17 Cleveland, OH
4/18 Columbus, OH
4/20 Grand Rapids, MI
4/22 St. Paul, MN
4/23 Chicago, IL
4/24 Milwaukee, WI
4/26 Kansas City, MO
4/27 Des Moines, IA
4/28 St. Louis, MO
4/30 Houston, TX
5/01 Dallas, TX
5/02 Oklahoma City, OK
5/04 Denver, CO
5/05 Salt Lake City, UT
5/07 Tempe, AZ
5/08 Las Vegas, NV
5/09 San Diego, CA
5/11 Universal City, CA
5/14 Sacramento, CA

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TOUR DATES GO TO:

http://www.metalupdate.com/tour.html

-- SPONSORS --

EARACHE
http://www.earache.com

EVIL EYE PRODUCTIONS
http://www.evileyesight.com

UNRESTRAINED!
http://www.unrestrainedmag.com

METAL BLADE RECORDS
http://www.metalblade.com

-- LINKS --

THE CROWN
http://www.thecrownonline.com

PISSING RAZORS
http://www.pissingrazors.com

INTO ETERNITY
http://www.intoeternity.com

POISONBLACK
http://www.poisonblack.com

DISLIMB
http://www.geocities.com/dislimb/

TRAIL OF TEARS
http://www.redheaven.com

CREST OF DARKNESS
http://www.crestofdarkness.com

DREAM THEATER
http://www.dreamtheater.net

JON OLIVA
http://www.jonoliva.com

TWISTED SISTER
http://www.twistedsister.com

ADDICTION
http://www.addictionplaza.com

AXIS OF PERDITION
http://clix.to/axis

LILITU
http://www.lilitu.ws

TWILIGHT OPHERA
http://www.twilight-ophera.com

ED GEIN
http://www.ed-gein.cjb.net

HYPNOTIC FACE
http://www.hypnoticface.com

ANVIL
http://www.anvilmetal.tk

MAGISTER DIXIT
http://magisterdixit.cjb.net

DEATH BY DAWN
http://www.death-by-dawn.de

HEATHEN
http://www.heatheninc.com

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