Bassist Sean Malone, Jim Matheos, Kevin Moore and Mike Portnoy have a new band called OSI (Orchestra of Strategic Influence) of which we reported earlier. Pain Of Salvation-vocalist Daniel Gildenlöw has left the project. The release is set for august the 5th.
Metal Blade will release the first two Fates Warning CD's: Night On Brocken and The Spectre Within. These classic metal albums will feature 4 bonustracks (live & demo), different artwork (in the case of Night... the original, first version) and all the lyrics (why didn't Metal Blade do that the first round? Oh well...).
Drowning Pool-frontman Dave Williams has been found dead in the tourbus yesterday whilst touring the Ozzfest in the USA. There's no information about as to how the thirty years old singer died.
Be sure to visit the Shredfest in the Baroeg, Rotterdam, the Netherlands on the first of september. As previously reported headliner Bumblefoot (Ron Thal) will perform his first gig in the Netherlands, playing songs from all of his albums. Other artists and more info can be found here.
Massive Attack have signed a CND petition aimed at opposing the prospect of a new war in Iraq. In a previous posting on the band's official website he said he wants artists to come together and show their opposition to any British involvement in the prospective military campaign aimed at driving out Saddam Hussein.
Well, that's fast. Guns N' Roses did not actually cancel their Korean dates and they will be playing their forthcoming shows. A spokesperson for the band told: "The Korean dates never were never fully confirmed and an over eager promoter made the announcement that they were happening prematurely. I have just spoken to the band's management and Axl is currently on stage rehearsing for their show in Hong Kong."
Guns N’ Roses have cancelled their planned show in Korea on September 27. And reports suggest the band will also pull previously announced shows in Australia and Indonesia around the same time. The reason? Axl and co. want to concentrate on finishing new album Chinese Democracy, again.
Alamaailman Vasarat will concentrate on composing and arranging new material for the new album. The exact release date is not set, but it will be out around Christmas this year. Recordings start in the middle of September.
Chino Moreno's Team Sleep project will include a track with Mike Patton. The track is called Kool-Aid Party inspired by the 1978 Jonestown Massacre. There is a 30 second sample of the song in MP3 format at Caca Volante.
Prog-rockers Anekdoten are currently working on pre-productions for their fourth studio album. The release date is not yet scheduled, but recordings are planned to start any time soon.
Richard D. James and Warp Records are hard at work compiling a retrospective of Aphex Twin remixes slated for release sometime later this year, according to the Warp Records website. The compilation, which is presently untitled, will feature 30 hard to find, old, new and unreleased works on two discs or in a 4xLP box. The label hasn't yet announced a possible tracklist.
Barry Adamson new album The king of Notting Hill will be released via Mute on the 2nd of September. He has also announced a short European tour for September / October / November. Dates can be found here
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The new Motorpsycho album It's a Love Cult will be out on September 30. Additionally a 5-track EP, Serpentine, will be released before the album hits the shops. For the Bizzarre Festival (Germany) on August 17th: There is supposed to be a webcast of Motorpsycho's gig and also a chat. German TV channel WDR will broadcast the festival.
Dan "The Automater" Nakamura recently got his own site at www.dantheautomator.com
Norwegian Jazzland Records announce the releaseparty for the album Moving by Bugge Wesseltoft in Australia. The release is happening at the following venues: 5 September - Mars lounge(Sydney), Melbourne 6 September at the Revolver, and in Perth on 6 September. More at www.jazzlandrec.com
UK based Thine are preparing for the release of their second full-length album, In Therapy. The album is a departure from their old sound. Gone are the metal leanings in favour of a more up beat approach. In Therapy is due out September 23rd on Peaceville Records.
Mr Spock sings about hobbits. I love that dance..."Make it so" (right click, save target as)
Hooverphonic's new single The World Is Mine will be released on radio August 15th. You can listen to track on the band's website. The new album Hooverphonic presents Jackie Cane is scheduled for a September 30th release.
FatCat Records will release a split 12" between Fennesz and Main in August, while Sigus Ros and Xinlisupreme are to appear of different radio shows, to be found at Totally Radio. In September and October new releases by Sigur Ros and Xinlisupreme are planned.
Death In June has finally released the Not Guilty And Proud limited picture disc. The Something Is Coming double LP is now sold out at NER, but still might be available at other mailorders.
M-Tronic has launched a t-shirt subscription until the end of September. More details can be found at their website, but from the 10th until the 25th of August they'll be on holidays.
The LA Weekly did a cover story on the heaviest label on earth, Southern Lord. Read this very informative article, fittingly titled "Empire of Doom" here.
Entombed collected all the coversongs they ever did for a CD called Sons Of Satan Praise The Lord and it will be unleashed upon mankind somewhere between September and Oktober.