Archive News Mar 24, 2001 - update 2
March 24, 2001MUDVAYNE were forced to cancel the remainder of their European tour due to frontman Chad (Kud) Gray's ongoing vocal cord problems, which are a result of an injury which occurred when the band was touring the American west coast last month.
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In an official statement from the band, drummer sPaG comments, 'We are very frustrated with this situation, but feel confident that after a short break, Chad will be back to 100 per cent. We are sorry for the inconvenience and share the disappointment of our fans that were excited to see the shows. In the future, we look forward to returning to Europe and putting on the show our fans expect from us.'
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As a form of compensation to their British fans, MUDVAYNE are planning to give away 1,000 special limited edition singles featuring an exclusive live version of  'Cradle', which were originally pressed for sale at the UK shows.
PROFESSIONAL MURDER MUSIC will be embarking on tour with BUCKCHERRY and MONSTER MAGNET starting April 15th. Here are the confirmed dates so far:
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April 15 - Birch Hill Nite Club, Old Bridge,  NJ
April 16 – Vanderbilt, Plainview, NY
April 18 - L.C. Walker Arena, Muskegon,  MI
April 19 - Sangamon Auditorium, Springfield, IL
April 21 - Club Laga, Pittsburgh, PA
April 23 - Crocodile Rock Café, Allentown, PA   
April 24 – Chameleon, Lancaster, PA
Australian death metal act DESTROYER666 will be touring with IMMOLATION in Europe beginning May 1st. DESTROYER666 have also been confirmed for this year's Dynamo Open Air and Wacken Open Air festivals, taking place in Holland in May and Germany in August, respectively. The group's brand new studio album, titled Cold Steel…, is expected later in the year.
OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS SIGNS USA DEAL WITH SPV RECORDS
 
Hannover, Germany - SPV Records and Osmose Productions have inked a deal to bring the entire Osmose catalog to USA, effective immediately.
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Osmose Records, a pioneering black metal label, has been a stalwart of the metal community for a decade.  Its first release was Worship Him, the now-legendary debut album from Switzerland's SAMAEL.  The label's biggest sellers to date came in 1993 in the form of IMPALED NAZARENE's Tol cormpt norz norz norz and IMMORTAL's Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism.  These records further solidified Osmose's position as the leader in black metal, and marked the first bit of profit owner Hervé Herbaut saw.  'I was still working my day job, working night and day to make ends meet,' he said. 'But it was something I wanted more than anything.'
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Osmose was also the label that introduced the world to bands like MARDUK, ENSLAVED, DARK TRANQUILITY, ABSU, and NOTRE DAME.  Carrying on tradition and proving Herbaut's ear for new metal is as good as ever, Osmose has recently signed five new acts: HOUWITSER, IMPIETY, DIVINE DECAY, ARKHON INFAUSTUS, and DOMAIN.  'It's a new challenge and we are ready to hit!' said Herbaut. All five bands will have Osmose releases out this year.
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SPV Records will have exclusive rights to the releases.  'We are looking forward to bringing Osmose to the USA,' said Manfred Schütz, Managing Director of SPV.  'Hervé has worked hard to build Osmose into one of the best black metal labels in the world and we are excited about working with such a dedicated individual.'
Norway's HADES ALMIGHTY will be releasing their fourth CD on April 13th through  Psychobitch Records. A European tour in support of the album is tentatively scheduled for the late summer / early fall.
BACKYARD BABIES have announced a bunch of club dates to coincide with the release of the group's long-awaited Making Enemies Is Good CD, which is due out in mid-May (in Scandinavia, the album will be released on April ). Here are the dates:
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April 15 - Dusseldorf, GER @ Philipshalle (radio/web cast)
May 02 – Gothenburg, SWE @ Sticky Fingers
May 03 – Stockholm, SWE @ Kägelbanan
May 04 – Eskilstuna, SWE @ Blå
May 05 – Örebro, SWE
May 06 – Gävle, SWE @ O´Learys
May 08 – Helsinki, FIN @ Semifinal
May 10 – Helsingborg, SWE @ Tivoli
May 11 – Copenhagen, DEN @ Stengade 30
May 12 – Lund, SWE @ Smålands Nation
May 14 – Oslo, NOR @ So What
May 17 – Newport, UK @ Centre (w/MOTÖRHEAD)
May 18 – Northampton, UK @ Roadmenders
May 19 – Oxford, UK @ Zodiac
May 20 – Dudley, UK @ JB´s
May 22 – Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse
May 23 – Leeds, UK @ Cockpit
May 24 – Manchester, UK @ UNI
May 25 – London, UK @ Forum (w/MOTÖRHEAD)
May 27 – Leicester, UK @ Princess Charlotte
May 28 – Portsmouth, UK @ Wedgewood Rooms
May 29 – London, UK @ Underworld
May 30 – Bristol, UK @ Fleece Firkin
 
BACKYARD BABIES will be making several festival appearances during the summer. Dates will be announced shortly.
 
CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth will be have an appearance on BBC 2 's Never Mind The Buzzcocks, which will be aired on April 2nd. Dani will appear alongside Lisa Rogers, Eddie Brill and Steve Harley. CRADLE OF FILTH will also make an appearance in Bad Boys Of Rock, a new series on “yoof” culture, which will also feature the boy band 5IVE.
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The long-awaited controversial horror movie Cradle Of Fear, which features Dani and the other members of CRADLE OF FILTH, is due for release over the Internet at the end of this month. The Internet-only release is due to the violent and explicit nature of the movie, which is not deemed suitable for a certificate in the UK.
 
DEICIDE's video of “Once Upon The Cross” can be viewed at this location: http://www.deicide.com/files.html
 
Century Media Records has tied up a label deal with WAR Music (one of the ex-Wrong Again Records owners) to handle their catalog and new releases in North & South America. The first release under the new agreement was DARKANE's Insanity, and upcoming records are the debut from the Swedish DREAM THEATER-styled prog-metallers ANDROMEDA, the Daniel Bergstrand-produced Extension Of The Wish (featuring Lawrence Mackrory, the vocalist on DARKANE's Rusted Angel album and an amazing young guitar-shredder named Johan Reinholdz, who will be in another couple WAR-related projects soon),the second album from IN THY DREAMS (Highest Beauty),an MCD from NAGLFAR, and the debut from NON-EXIST (the new band of former ARCH ENEMY / CARNAGE / FURBOWL singer Johan Liiva).  WAR have also recently signed Swedish progsters MAYADOME and black metallers DAWN.
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Century Media has also tied up a label deal with Black Sun Music for North & South America to handle their back-catalog and new releases.  Among the first wave of
domestic releases will be THE CROWN's first two albums (Eternal Death and The Burning, each with a bonus video track),a 2-on-1 combining both records from Gothenburg metallers SACRILEGE (Lost In The Beauty You Slay and The Fifth Season),a 2-on-1 combining two vintage Tomas Lindberg releases (the AT THE GATESGardens Of Grief debut MCD and the GROTESQUE album In The Embrace Of Evil, also featuring Kristian Wahlin a/k/a artist Necrolord on guitars),the tribute to SEPULTURA Sepulchral Feast (feat. THE CROWN, GARDENIAN, SWORDMASTER, SACRAMENTUM, etc.) and others, while new releases will include the new album from IMPIOUS (Terror Succeeds) and others to be announced.
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Finally, Century Media will be releasing the AVANTASIA albums The Metal Opera Pt. 1 (and its sequel due next year),which is the project fronted by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet and featuring backing musicians such as Markus Grosskops (HELLOWEEN),Henjo Richter (EDGUY),Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY / SIEGES EVEN) and starring Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY),David DeFeis (VIRGIN STEELE),Andre Matos (SHAMAN, ex-ANGRA),Sharon Den Adel (WITHIN TEMPTATION), Rob Rock
(ex-IMPELLITTERI / JOSHUA) and Timo Tolkki (STRATOVARIUS).
 
INSOLENCE, featuring former LEVEL / POSSESSED bassist Paul Perry, will be issuing its Maverick Records debut entitled Revolution in June.
New York soulful hard rockers LIVING COLOUR have reunited for a west coast tour and a possible new studio album. The announced dates so far include:
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May 07 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
May 08 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox Theater
May 09 - San Diego, CA @ 4th and B
May 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club
May 12 - San Francsico, CA @ Slim's
May 13 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxie Theater
 
KILLSWITCHENGAGE will be appearing on the WERS Nasty Habits live CD compilation, which is currently in the works. Bands set to appear include UNEARTH, SHADOWS FALL, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, GOD FORBID, ONE KING DOWN, YEAR OF OUR LORD, ORIGIN, CANNAE, POISON THE WELL and others.
 
NONPOINT will be taking part in two chat sessions next week:
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March 28 - 9:00 PM EST, Pacific RockOnline.com / Yahoo!
March 29 - 9:00 PM EST, USAToday.com
 
STATIC-X have announced several club dates leading up to the release of the group's second album, Machine, which is due out on May 22nd. The dates are as follows:
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April 03 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
April 04 - Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy
April 14 - Twin Bridges, CA @ Sierra at Tahoe Ski Area
April 18 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
April 19 - Lubbock, TX @ Cell Block G
April 20 - Tulsa, OK @ Cains Ballroom
April 21 - Lincoln, NE @ Royal Grove
April 24 - Peoria, IL @ Madison Theater
April 27 - Nashville, TN @ 328 Performance Hall
April 29 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
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In other STATIC-X news, the release of band's home video documentary, Where the Hell Are We & What Day Is It? — This Is Static-X, has been postponed indefinitely due to manufacturing delays.
German guitarist ROLF MUNKES has signed a deal with Lion Music Finland for the worldwide release of his next solo CD.
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TESLA THRILLED BY FAN REACTION TO REUNION TOUR NEW LIVE AND STUDIO ALBUMS BEING DISCUSSED
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The reunion tour undertaken by the original lineup of TESLA has not only been thrilling to rabid fans nationwide, but the band members themselves.
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Vocalist Jeff Keith, guitarists Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch, bass guitarist Brian Wheat and drummer Troy Luccketta are playing sold-out shows all across the country. In fact, some shows have had to be moved to larger venues because of the ticket demand.
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The next leg of the tour kicks off on Friday, March 23 in Detroit, MI, and TESLA's excitement keeps growing.
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'Oh man, the response so far has really exceeded our expectations,' said Keith. 'You never know what it's going to be like, but the people have embraced us. The buzz is great. I knew there were a lot of fans out there who were looking forward to this. We're out there having a great time on stage.'
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'The fan reaction has been unreal. I thought it would be good, so I'm not totally surprised,' said Skeoch.
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Since there's no new studio album out now, TESLA's tour is a 'greatest hits' showcase. Not only can fans expect to hear hits like 'Love Song' and 'Modern Day Cowboy', but there are some fresh surprises in store too.
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'We're doing some older songs from the first album (Mechanical Resonance) that we never played much at all. We're also working up a few more songs from Bust a Nut,' Keith said. 'On this tour, we're doing an all-electric set, that's why we're referring to this as the 'replugged' tour. We're also doing an electric version of 'Signs.''
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Keith said a live album is in the works from this tour, but the previously discussed possibility of following that with an all-covers album has been put on hold. The simple reason is that the band members are too eager to work on a brand new studio album.
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TESLA has been playing around with a few ideas for new songs, but intense songwriting sessions haven't begun yet.
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'Frank and I have been kicking a few song ideas around on the tour bus. Some of them are ideas he remembered from years ago that were never completed,' Skeoch said.
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TESLA's original run ended in 1996 after more than decade together produced six albums overall.
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'The breakup was hard,' Skeoch recalls, 'and I don't think we take each other for granted anymore. We respect each other more now and we're playing better than ever. We're lucky to do this for a living.'
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