Archive News Mar 31, 2001 - update 2
March 31, 2001LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland has expressed interest in doing an album of “ambient”, “relaxing” music with brother Scott and BIG DUMB FACE bandmate Kyle Weeks. According to Borland, the instrumental set will include 'samples, live drums … electronic ambient. In the APHEX TWINS or FUTURE SOUNDS OF LONDON vein, but slower, more sound-scapey.'
Due to “ridiculous demand” for tickets for the 2001 - A Metal Odyssey festival stop in London, UK, this show has now been moved upstairs from the Mean Fiddler
(formerly LA2) to The Astoria. The full line-up of bands performing on Sunday, April 1st is as follows:
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DIMMU BORGIR
IN FLAMES
LACUNA COIL
NEVERMORE
SUSPERIA
 
C.O.C. and Australia's own SEGRESSION will be the opening acts on the upcoming PANTERA tour of Australia / New Zealand. The dates are as follows:
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May 09 - Auckland, NZ @ North Shore Events
May 10 - Wellington, NZ @ Town Hall
May 12 - Christchurch, NZ @ Town Hall
May 13 - Brisbane, AUS @ Festival Hall
May 15 - Sydney, AUS @ Hordern Pavilion
May 16 - Newcastle, AUS @ Entertainment Centre
May 17 - Melbourne, AUS @ Festival Hall
May 18 - Adelaide, AUS @ Thebarton Theatre
May 20 - Perth, AUS @ Entertainment Centre
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In the meantime, the Extreme Steel tour, featuring PANTERA, SLAYER, STATIC-X, SKRAPE and MORBID ANGEL, has been officially announced. In a statement, PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul offered that 'we wanted to kick off the summer with a little metal madness of our own. Being Texas boys, we know how brutal the outdoors can be once June rolls around. We figured our fans are ready for a little evening excitement without any humidity other than the heat they'll generate all on their own.'
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Here is a complete list of the dates for the Extreme Steel tour:
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June 20 - New Haven, CT @ New Haven Coliseum
June 21 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
June 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Union Center
June 23 - Worcester, MA @ Centrum
June 25 - Hamilton, ON @ Copps Coliseum
June 27 - Huntington, WV @ Civic Arena
June 29 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
June 30 - Detroit, MI @ TBA
July 01 - Cleveland, OH @ CSU Center
July 03 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
July 05 - Minneapolis, MN @ Excel Energy Center
July 06 - Fargo, ND @ FargoDome
July 08 - Cedar Rapids, IA @ US Cellular Center
July 09 - Kansas City, MO @ Municipal Auditorium
July 11 - Denver, CO @ Denver Coliseum
July 14 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Center
July 17 - Phoenix, AZ @ America West Arena
July 18 - Las Vegas, NV @ Thomas & Mack Center
July 19 - Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Arena
July 21 - San Diego, CA @ Cox Arena
July 22 - Bakersfield, CA @ Centennial Gardens
July 23 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Arena
July 25 - Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
July 26 - Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
 
 
LINKIN PARK have announced a short Australian tour in early May. The dates are as follows:
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May 02 – Sydney, AUST @ Enmore
May 04 – Melbourne, AUST @ Festival Hall
May 05 – Brisbane, AUST @ Festival Hall
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Support at all three shows will come from Australia's SUNK LOTO.
SLAVES ON DOPE's NYC stop on their upcoming New Blood Tour (also featuring FACTORY 81, DROWNING POOL and NO ONE) on May 4th has been moved to the Wetlands. The full itinerary for the trek is as follows:
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April 06 - Toledo, OH @ Main Event
April 07 - Detroit, MI @ Iroc
April 08 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
April 09 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
April 11 - St. Louis, MO @ Pop's
April 13 - Tulsa, OK @ Otherside
April 14 - Amarillio, TX @ Route 66
April 15 - Lubbock, TX @ TBA
April 17 - Killeen, TX @ Oz
April 18 - San Antonio, TX @ Sunset Station
April 19 - Houston, TX @ Engine Room
April 20 - Corpus Cristi, TX @ Corpus Center Theatre
April 21 - Dallas, TX @ TBA
April 24 - Little Rock, AK @ Vino's
April 25 - Memphis, TN @ TBA
April 27 - Knoxville, TN @ Moose's Music Hall
April 28 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
April 29 - Chatanooga, TN @ The Bay
May 01 - Winston Salem, NC @ Ziggy's
May 02 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
May 04 - New York City, NY @ Wetlands
May 05 - Amherst, MA @ Skybox
May 06 - Philadelphia, PA @ TBA
May 07 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Metropol
May 08 - Cincinnati, OH @ TBA
May 09 - Milwaulkee, WI @ TBA
May 10 - Minneapolis, MI @ TBA
The UK's HECATE ENTHRONED have been added to the list of artists performing at the Extinction Agenda 2 Festival at the Woughton Centre in Milton Keynes, UK on May 5th. The full bill is as follows:
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EXTREME NOISE TERROR
HECATE ENTHRONED
REGORGE
BEEF CONSPIRACY
NARCOSIS
BRAINCHOKE
TANGAROA INFECTED DISARRAY
KORRODED
GUTWORM
MOROSE
THE KEVORKIAN SOLUTION
Sweden's CENTINEX have signed a multi-album deal with the UK's Candlelight Records. The group's forthcoming full-length album, titled Diabolical Desolation, will be recorded at Black Lounge Studios during July. In the meantime, CENTINEX's Hellbrigade CD will be released in the US through WW III Records on May 8th.
San Francisco Bay Area's M.I.R.V. have been added to the second leg of the ongoing JERRY CANTRELL (ALICE IN CHAINS) tour, which also features THE SWARM (comprised of ex-DEATH ANGEL members) and COMES WITH THE FALL. As previously reported, M.I.R.V. guitarist Brian Kehoe is part of Cantrell's backing band and will presumably be doing double-duty on guitar at the upcoming shows.
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Here's where you can catch JERRY CANTRELL and M.I.R.V.:
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April 20 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
April 21 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater
April 22 - Vancouver, BC @ Richards
April 24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ DV8
April 26 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Colorado Music Hall
April 28 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
April 29 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
April 30 - Chicago, IL @ Double Door
May 02 – Cleveland, OH @ Odeon
May 06 - Winston Salem, SC @ Ziggy's
May 08 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Beehive
May 09 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
May 10 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
May 11 - Providence, RI @ Lupos
May 13 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
May 14 - Washington DC @ 930 Club
May 15 - Norfolk, VA @ Norva
May 16 - Atlantic Beach, NC @ Ziggy's By The Sea
May 18 - Orlando, FL @ Sapphire Supper Club
May 19 - Tampa, FL @ Frankie's Patio
May 20 - Jacksonville, FL @ Club 5
NOSTRADAMUS, guitarist Nikolo Kotzev's rock opera about the famous Michel de Nostredame, will be released through Germany's SPV Records in Europe on May 21st. The Japanese release date is set for April 5th, while the American details are still being worked out. Nostradamus will be released on a double CD and will contain more than 100 minutes of music, featuring a 35-piece symphonic orchestra along with a hard rock band and the following seven singers:
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Göran Edman (GLORY / ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)
Glenn Hughes (ex-DEEP PURPLE / BLACK SABBATH)
Jørn Lande (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN / ARK / MILLENNIUM)
Joe Lynn Turner (ex-RAINBOW / YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)
Doogie White (ex-RAINBOW)
Alannah Myles
Sass Jordan
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More information can be obtained by visiting the official NOSTRADAMUS web site: www.nostramusic.com.
Former ACCEPT / RUNNING WILD drummer Stefan Schwarzmann has joined Germany's VOICE. The group's third full-length CD, Golden Signs, will be released through AFM Records on June 18th.
Germany's SQUEALER are currently in the studio recording their as-yet-untitled sixth studio album, which is tentatively due to be released at the end of August. While awaiting the album's release, SQUEALER will be partaking in some European festivals, including the Bang Your Head festival on June 29th and 30th alongside JUDAS PRIEST, SAVATAGE, STRATOVARIUS, KREATOR, MEGADETH and others.
EDGUY's forthcoming studio album, tentatively titled Mandrake, is scheduled for a late September release.
 
Holland's THE GATHERING have lined up a couple of European festival appearances during May and June. The dates are as follows:
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May 24 – Hirson, FR @ Rotonde Festival
June 3-4 – Hilvaenbeek, NETH @ Elastiek Muziek
June 16 – Twiske, NETH @ Twiske & Shout Festival
 
Little Rock, Arkansas' SOUL EMBRACED are in the studio recording their debut album for Solid State Records, entitled This is My Blood.
East Coast “hardcore noise mongers” COMIN CORRECT will be releasing their In Memory Of… album on Kingfisher Records on April 30th. The CD features guest appearances from Lord Ezac from SKARHEAD and ex-CRO-MAGS / BOTH WORLDS frontman John Joseph. Prior to the album's release, COMIN CORRECT will be heading over to the UK for a short tour with ASSERT. The dates are as follows: 
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April 18 – Newcastle, UK @ Trillians
April 19 – Edinburgh, UK @ Attic
April 20 – Bradford, UK @ Rio
April 21 – Newport, UK @ T.J.'S
April 22 – London, UK @ Underworld
CRADLE OF FILTH are embarking on a tour of Europe, Japan and Australia. Here is where you can catch them:
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April 11 - Temple Bar Centre, Dublin, IRE
April 12 - The Limelight, Belfast, IRE
April 14 - Rock City, Nottingham, UK
April 19 - Heat Beat, Tokyo, JAP
April 20 - Bottom Line, Nagoya, JAP
April 22 - Shibuya Club, Tokyo, JAP
April 23 - Shibuya Club, Tokyo, JAP
April 26 - The Roundhouse, Sydney, AUST
April 27 - The Palace Melbourne, AUST
April 28 - The Arena Brisbane, AUST
May 26 - Dynamo Festival, Lichtenvoorde, NETH
June 08 - Mind Over Matter, Wiesen, AUS
June 09 - Gods of Metal, Milan, IT
June 22 - With Full Force, Dresden, GER
June 23 - Graspop Dessel, BEL
June 03 - Quart Festival Quart, NOR
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