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May 31st, 1999	Sources say that DARK ANGEL has reformed and will tour Europe this summer, making many festival stops. Hard Radio SEPULTURA is releasing a limited edition EP called Tribus featuring six tracks: 'Tribus' (Demo), 'Common Bonds' (Alternate Mix), 'Unconscious' (Demo) and 'F.O.B.' (Extended Mix) are alternate versions of songs from their 1998 Against album while 'Prenuncio' and 'The Waste' (with former FAITH NO MORE/MR. BUNGLE/FANTOMAS vocalist Mike Patton guesting) are non-album cuts. Hard Radio

May 28th, 1999	Steve DiGiorgio (Sadus, Death, Testament) is expected to lay down the bass tracks for Chuck Schuldiner’s “true metal” project CONTROL DENIED. Metal Update The singer for EVEREVE committed suicide earlier this week. The new SEVENDUST album is entiled "Home". Wicked Land

May 26th, 1999	BIOHAZARD has tour plans for the summer. June 1 - July 1 they will be touring the east coast region of the states; dates are to be announced. July 2 - Sept 1 they will be touring with the Insane Clown Posse, COAL CHAMBER and Twisted,;dates are to be announced. Biohazard

May 25th, 1999	Ozzy Osbourne's management confirms that the heavy music kingpin is currently working with a screenwriter on a script for a biopic about the rocker's notorious life and times. Ozzy's camp notes that the project is still in the very early stages of development, but said that they hope to start shooting the film next year. MTV The new LIMP BIZKIT album is entitled "Significant Others." If you would like to hear some samples click here.

May 24th, 1999	"Our next album, World Coming Down, is a pathetic attempt to try and regain the minimal success we have since lost," TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele told MTV News recently. The band are producing the album themselves, and hope to have the album finished by the end of May and in stores by mid-August. The band has yet to select which songs will appear on the album, but here are a few of the tracks they've recorded so far: 'Everything Dies', 'Everyone I Love Is Dead', 'Summer Snow', 'Get Out Of My Dreams', 'Green Light', 'World Coming Down', 'Don't Be Afraid' and 'Isn't He Strange?' Hard Radio Although the brilliant Mercyful Fate comeback is his current priority (9 is out on June 15), frontman KING DIAMOND is slated to hit the studio in October for a new KING DIAMOND solo record. Sources say that there may be a KING DIAMOND hits album out before the follow-up to last year's Voodoo... Hard Radio MEGADETH's Risk will now be out on August 10... Hard Radio

May 21st, 1999	Nick Barker formerly of Cradle of Filth and currently in Dimmu Borgir will be sitting behind the kit on BORKNAGAR's upcoming US tour with EMPEROR, he has also agreed to play drums on Borknagar’s next album. Metal Update DAN SWANÖ have started to think about the follow up to "Moontower". This will be a "Crimson" alike thing...one giant track, but this time I promise to index the thing for your ease!! Keyboardsound wise I will look back at the eighties rather than the 70's. If nothing goes wrong I'll keep the guitar and the drumssound similar to the new Nightingale album. A lot of of clean vocals and of course some nasty growls to spice it up...you'll like it!!!! It looks like I will wait a bit with this one. The reformation of UNICORN is top priority in my musical-life. you'll see why! This was taken from Swano's site... I will start working on the ten year anniversary EDGE OF SANITY CD this autumn. It will contain tons of unreleased material. It is a musical diary of the evolution (devolution??) of the band from November 1989 to as late as possible 1999 (Shit..time flies!!!) You will find everything from remixed demoversions to brand new stuff, maybe one track will feature a duet with me and the new vocalist Robert.

May 20th, 1999	For Immediate Release: May 19, 1999 SOCIAL CHAOS TOUR INVADES MILWAUKEE METALFEST XIII WITH 14 CLASSIC PUNK BANDS MILWAUKEE - This summer's ultimate punk tour - The Social Chaos Tour - will join forces with Milwaukee Metalfest XIII for its only area appearance on Saturday, July 31 at Eagles Auditorium/The Rave nightclub complex in Milwaukee. The Social Chaos Tour is the first old-school punk tour to hit America, featuring 14 classic punk bands, among the likes of the U.K. Subs (which reformed for this tour), D.R.I., TSOL, Murphy's Law, The Business, D.O.A., The Vibrators, Gang Green, Anti-Heros, Sloppy Seconds, Vice Squad, Chelsea, Oneway System, and The Varukers. "This is a collection of bands you don't normally get see to together," said Randy Wolpin of Pooch! Booking & Touring, which is booking the Social Chaos Tour. "Some of these bands haven't played in over ten years or never toured America. Every punk and his mom will attend." "Hardcore punk fits in perfectly with extreme forms of metal and other extreme entertainment, like wrestling and adult entertainers, which will also be at Metalfest XIII," promoter Jack Koshick said. The Social Chaos Tour will join over 150 bands - including the Misfits - at Metalfest XIII, an annual event that has become the most prestigious metal festival in the United States. Tickets for Metalfest XIII are $50 for a two-day pass or $30 for single-day admission. Tickets can be purchased through TicketMaster; Rave Box Office; TicketMaster Online www.ticketmaster.com; Charge By Phone (414) 276-4545; Relapse Records (800) 303-0606, www.relapse.com; Night Fall Records in Minneapolis (612) 724-8166 and Chicago (773) 725-3530; or by sending a check or money order to payable to "Jack Koshick Presents" and a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Metalfest XIII, 1626 N. Prospect Ave., Suite 1801, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Exhibitors interested in being a part of the event should contact: Jack Koshick Presents, 1626 N. Prospect Avenue, Suite 1801, Milwaukee, Wis. 53202 Tel: (414) 225-9026 Fax: (414) 225-9025. Showtimes are 4 p.m.-1 a.m. on Friday, July 30 and 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, July 31. Updates may be obtained from the Metalfest Hotline (414) 225-9060 or website www.metalfest.com. Talent is subject to change. For more information, please contact: Michael Mazur, Debbie Sellnow or David Peck Mazur Public Relations Tel: (609) 426-1277 Fax: (609) 426-1217 E-mail: MazurPR@aol.com Website: www.mazurpr.com I just got done talking to Eric Peterson of TESTAMENT. He told me that the band is bacially going to hang out for a while then go to europe for promotions. After they come back, they are gonna go on tour in August. As soon as their dates are set, they will be put up on their site www.testamentlegions.com, they will also be posted on my page as well. This is from the OPETH Mailing list...news about the new album: This is Mikael here just dropping you guys a line from Fredman studios. The recordings are going great! We are putting down the vocals as you read. So, since you´re all important to us, I thought that you´d be the first to know some more abouth the 4th album. It will be 7 tracks in total all of which are long, as usual. I reckon the total running time will be just above 60 minutes. Don´t worry, the growls are still there and in full force, but there are also more clean singing than before, and much more advanced and with far more feeling than before. 2 tracks will be in a calmer mood, while the remaining 5 will be the typical hard hitting stuff, with the acoustic interludes. I must say that this album will probably be our most complete work in terms of arrangements. I know a lot of you guys loved "Morningrise", so do I, as much as I love the other albums. This one will be a cross between all of them but also with some new surprises. And maybe, we have done(in my opinion) our best tracks ever, "Face of Melinda". It´s a jazzy piece with loads of vocals harmonies, fretless bass, brushplayed drums, and more feeling than ever before. Me and Peter listened to it last night, and we couldn´t believe our ears. Fuck, we were totally fucking blown away. I guess this will also be our most perfect album in terms of performance...and the sound!!! Brilliant!! OK, people, I just wanted to give you a few hints, and maybe spark your interests a bit. And the thing is, I never listen to our albums as the musician, only as the fan Mikael. And I tell you, it´s fucking great!! Take it easy Mikael, and the rest of Opeth

May 19th, 1999	Black metal's most prolific band, MARDUK, are set to release their sixth full-length effort (and 10th official release overall), 'Panzer Division Marduk,' in late May. The album is touted as being their fastest, most unrelenting album yet, and after listening to this molten piece of hell, we can tell you it's all true. MARDUK have topped themselves. Recorded in Peter Tagtgren's Abyss Studio, the album clocks in at a short but more-than-sufficient 30 minutes. The track listing is as follows: "Panzer Division Marduk"/"Baptism By Fire"/"Christraping Black Metal"/"Scorched Earth"/"Beast Of Prey"/"Blooddawn"/"502"/"Fistfucking God's Planet" -- MARDUK are preparing a full-scale world tour, which will mark their first US appearances, including the 13th Annual Milwaukee Metalfest in late July. Metal Maniacs KATATONIA is now on Peaceville Records. Certainly not the Welsh lot - this bunch of gothic doom merchants are the guys who brought you the classics "Discouraged Ones" and "Brave Murder Day". Hailing from Sweden, they have already recorded and mixed their fourth album "TONIGHTS DECISION" at Sunlight Studios in Stockholm. The release date is expected around the end of summer. The album features eleven huge tracks and also a guest appearance from Dan Swano on drums.

May 17th, 1999	NEUROSIS is planning to announce big tour announcements soon. I will post whatever is up when I find out. They might be touring with Soulfly in July. According to HELLOWEEN's official website, http://www.helloween.org:, the band's upcoming covers album will be called Dream Concert and will be out in September. The following tracks will appear: 'Lay Your Love On Me' (ABBA), 'Space Oddity' (David Bowie), 'Saturdaynight' (HERMAN BROOD), 'Locomotive Breath' (JETHRO TULL), 'Something' (THE BEATLES), 'All My Loving' (THE BEATLES), 'Hocus Pocus' (FOCUS), 'White Room' (CREAM), 'Faith Healer' (ALEX HARVEY), Rat Bat Blue (DEEP PURPLE) and 'Juggernaut' (FRANK MARINO). The idea for the artwork is to have a pumpkin putting a coin in a jukebox. The release date is slated to be early September and the album is being mixed and produced by the band. Hard Radio SEVENDUST are getting a little help from their friend, Deftones' lead singer, Chino Moreno, on Home, the follow-up to their gold debut album. He is currently holed up with the guys at Longview Studios in Boston co-writing and recording a track tentatively titled 'Receptacle'. The band has been recording at Longview with producer Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS/KORN) since the beginning of March. In addition to Chino, Home features a guest appearance by SKUNK ANANSIE frontwoman Skin on a track called 'Licking Cream'. Andy Wallace (NIRVANA/RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE/SLAYER), will mix the album in New York City at the end of May. In the meantime look for Sevendust in a headlining spot on this summer's Vans Warped tour. Home hits record stores on August 24th. Hard Radio KATATONIA have finished recording their fourth full-length album, tentatively titled 'Tonight's Decision.' The album was recorded at Sweden's Sunlight Studios. The band say they're following the sound of 'Discouraged Ones,' but are focusing more on each aspect of the writing. They've revealed that the music will be heavy, dark and bitter with a few more leads and a lot more variation, and will say no more until the album's release later this year. A limited edition CD of Katatonia's unreleased/hard-to-find work will also be issued by Century Media Records later this year. Metal Maniacs Since 1994, the U.K.'s MISANTHROPY RECORDS has brought the likes of Burzum, In The Woods..., Beyond Dawn, Mayhem, Solstice, Primordial, Ved Buens Ende, Monumentum, Arcturus, and many others to stereos worldwide. After months of rumors, the label has finally announced its closing in its ninth and final newsletter. The last three releases will be new albums by Burzum ('Hlidskjalf'), Ain Soph and Dream Into Dust. There's a possibility that the forthcoming Mayhem album, 'A Grand Declaration Of War,' may be released through Misanthropy later in the year. But for now and ever, the label's releases (as well as those on offshoot labels Elfenblut, ALC, and Heroine) will still be available through distributors, shops and mail orders, and "will not go out of print as long as there is a sufficient demand for them--the label however will cease to be productive and will not be working on any new projects." (Mail orders will be taken until July 15th, 1999.) Misanthropy founder and owner Tiziana Stupia says the reasons for the closing are personal: "...it is time to move on to other things," reads the newsletter, "she lost her enthusiasm for the business side of running a label a while ago, and believes she has done everything she wanted to do with the company. Hence she decided it is better to call it a day after five successful years, rather than doing the job half-heartedly. Misanthropy Records has always been about individuality and non-conformity, thus it seems appropriate to leave when the party is at its height! We sincerely thank everybody who has been with us in some way during the past five years, and hope that Misanthropy Records will live on through the legacy of its unique releases and bands." For more info, see the label's website: http://listen.to/misanthropy Metal Maniacs

May 16th, 1999	STRATOVARIUS has signed to Nuclear Blast! The new deal is a worldwide excluding. In Japan the record company is JVC (same as the previous deal). The guys are very happy abouth the new deal. "Now we have a company behind us who really believes in us and wants to do everything for the band!". We believe that the fans will also be happy with this new arrangement. There will be new products available like digipacks and other special packages! Stratovarius are still in full control of the music and artwork. The new deal will not effect the music in anyway! What else? We tried to cut down the summer festivals and other summer gigs this year. The reason is simple: We want to concentrate in the music and in the next album. That´s why we are only doing some gigs in June and one in August. The new album is planned to come out in March 2000. No name or any titles available yet! Stratovarius TESTAMENT will start their tour on August 6th. When I get more info I will post it right away!

May 15th, 1999	Due to problems Hansi Kursch has been having with his hearing, BLIND GUARDIAN has scrapped plans for a proposed EP and cancelled all touring through the end of 1999 – Hansi is expected to make a full recovery with proper treatment and rest. Metal Update A mini CD titled "Black Blood Vomitorium" is being prepared for a summer release by NECROPHAGIA, the CD will be accompanied by a gory comic book. Metal Update

May 12th, 1999	MILWAUKEE METALFEST XIII ADDS FOURTH STAGE, MORE PERFORMERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS MILWAUKEE - Over 150 bands from around the globe have now been confirmed for the 13th annual Milwaukee Metalfest - North America's Premiere Heavy Metal Festival - on July 30 and 31 at Eagles Auditorium/The Rave nightclub complex. In addition to festival headliner Machine Head, Manowar has been added as a headline act. Other headline acts are Morbid Angel and Cradle of Filth. Metalfest XIII will introduce a fourth stage to this year's event, allowing more space for an extensive list of talent, including Angra (Brazil), Candiria, Criminal (Chile), Divine Empire, Flotsam & Jetsam, The Gathering, Gorguts, Iced Earth, Immolation, In Flames, Incantation, Internal Bleeding, Jungle Rot, Living Sacrifice, Lungbrush, Marduk, The Misfits, Monstrosity, Morgion, Mortician, Nile, Pissing Razors, Rotting Christ (Greece), Sadistic Intent, Satyricon, Sinister, Solitude Aeturnus, Usurper, and Witchery(Sweden). Other features of Metalfest XIII include: -A Relapse Records stage featuring Nasum, Soilent Green, Bongzilla, The Dillenger Escape Plan, Exhumed, Today is the Day, and special guests Isis and Cephalic Carnage. -Special appearances by adult film stars, including Jasmin St. Claire. - Professional wrestling with WWF, WCW, and ECW superstars, including Jim Cornette and former AWA tag team champions Mad Dog & Butcher Vachon. - The "Vendorville" marketplace with CDs, tapes, t-shirts, clothing, magazines, jewelry, tattoo artists, posters, and more. - Autograph and interview sessions with top bands. - A collector's limited edition Metalfest XIII sampler CD and free grab bags. Metalfest XIII's roster of performers also includes: AbuseMentPark (Tempe, AZ), Acheron (Florida), Anal Blast, Black Ocean Dead Industry, December, Drowning (Detroit, MI), Broken Face, The Chasm (Mexico), Defiled (Japan), Dying Fetus, Factory 81 (Detroit, MI), Krisiun (Brazil), Lords of Algol (Detroit, MI), Solus (Toronto, ON), Too Many Gods (Detroit, MI), Anguish in Exile, Anonymous (Montreal, Quebec), Anoxia (Fall River, MA), At Any Cost, Averse Sefira (Rochester, NY), Bloodline 420 (Cincinnati, OH), Bludgeon to Death (Phoenix, AZ), C4 (Minneapolis, MN), Centurian (Holland), Coffin Texts, Cold Colours (Minnesota), Dead By Morning (Milwaukee, WI), Deaden (Illinois), Devourment (Texas), Disarray (Nashville, TN), Disgourge (San Diego, CA), Dying Breed (Hermosa Beach, CA), Dysphoria (Quakertown, PA), E-Town Concrete, Ember (Chicago, IL), Engrave (California), Entorturement (Brooklyn, NY), Entranced (Omaha, NE), Epoch of Unlight, Eternal Suffering (New York), Fall (Souix Falls, SD), Fleshgrind (Chicago, IL), Grey Skies Fallen (New York), Hinge, Immortal Cringe (Colorado), Impaler (Minnesota), Incarrion (Greenville, SC), Indecision, The Infamous, Infusion (Scottsdale, AZ), Jesus Rides a Riksha (Salt Lake City, UT), Lead (Omaha, NE), Lividity (Illinois), Lorde of all Desires (Minnesota), Mactatus, Malignancy, Mental Home (Russia), Midian (Milwaukee, WI), Myself Am Hell (New York), Native Blood (Tempe, AZ), Noctuary (California), October Thorns (Brooklyn, NY), Opaque (Minneapolis, MN), Pessimist (Baltimore, MD), Profane, Punisher (California), Pyrexia (New York), Rare Form (Portland, ME), Reign of Terror (Norfolk, VA), Rogue (Littleton, CO), Rotting (Canada), Scapegoat (Milwaukee, WI), Scrape (New York), Shattered Realm, Shere Khan (Pennsylvania), Shutdown, Somnus (Ohio), St. Madness (Scottsdale, AZ), The Step Kings (New Jersey), Stretcher (San Diego, CA), Sufference, Summon (Lansing, MI), Tru Smoke Deizel (Yonkers, NY), 21st Century Sin (Eagan, MN), Twin Obscenity (Norway), Vore (Fayetteville, AR), White Knuckle Trip (Milwaukee, WI), Witchmoon (New Jersey), Withered Earth (Rochester, NY), Wykked Wytch (Pennsylvania), and Zandelle (Brooklyn, NY). Tickets for Metalfest XIII are $50 for a two-day pass or $30 for single-day admission. Tickets can be purchased through TicketMaster; Rave Box Office; TicketMaster Online; Charge By Phone (414) 276-4545; Relapse Records (800) 303-0606; Night Fall Records in Minneapolis (612) 724-8166 and Chicago (773) 725-3530; or by sending a check or money order to payable to "Jack Koshick Presents" and a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Metalfest XIII, 1626 N. Prospect Ave., Suite 1801, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Bands and exhibitors interested in being a part of the event should contact: Jack Koshick Presents, 1626 N. Prospect Avenue, Suite 1801, Milwaukee, Wis. 53202 Tel: (414) 225-9026 Fax: (414) 225-9025. Showtimes are 4 p.m.-1 a.m. on Friday, July 30 and 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, July 31. Updates may be obtained from the Metalfest Hotline (414) 225-9060 or website www.metalfest.com. Talent is subject to change. For additional information, please contact: Michael Mazur, Debbie Sellnow or David Peck Mazur Public Relations Tel: (609) 426-1277 Fax: (609) 426-1217 E-mail: MazurPR@aol.com Website: www.mazurpr.com

May 10th, 1999	OZZFEST II is being billed as The Last Supper. The event takes place on August 14 and 15 at London's Earl's Court. On the main, BLACK SABBATH will be joined by MACHINE HEAD, TYPE O NEGATIVE, COAL CHAMBER, SYSTEM OF A DOWN and others. The second stage (billed as the Kerrang! stage) will feature CRADLE OF FILTH, BACKYARD BABIES, GODSMACK, STATIC X, SLIPKNOT, APARTMENT 26 and BREED 77. Call 0870 121 0125 for tickets. Hard Radio CRADLE OF FILTH has completed their X-rated promotional video for forthcoming EP 'From the Cradle to Enslave'. The complete, full-on, uncensored and gloriously unedited version will be included on the bands forthcoming long-form video, which will graphically show how over 120 gallons (more than the amount used for 'Hellraiser' no less!) of fake blood were put to good and ghastly use. Both EP and video are to be released in late July. The band will perform at the Dynamo Festival on the Saturday (22/5) on the main stage from 20.50 - 21.50 (local time). Be prepared for the greatest live spectacle of the day and watch out for a few surprises. Hard Radio According to the Rock Radio Network in England, SEPULTURA have issued a challenge to the members of IRON MAIDEN. They want to beat them in a soccer match. "We are trying to challenge Iron Maiden to play Sepultura" Igor Cavalera told Australia's Undercover News. "I think that will be a cool way of having England against Brazil. We don't know the guys in Iron Maiden that well so we are telling magazines that we want to challenge them to a match". Hard Radio According to www.megadeth.com, the title of the new MEGADETH album is Risk. It is due out this summer with the following tentative tracklisting: 'Seven', 'Wonderlust', 'The Doctor Is Calling', 'I'll Be There', 'Breadline', 'Crush 'Em', 'Duke Nukem Theme', 'Time 1' (working title), 'Time 2' (working title), 'Ecstasy', 'Prince Of Darkness' and 'Insomnia' Hard Radio ANTHRAX are looking for another record deal, following the collapse of their deal with Tommy Boy/Ignition Records. Negotiations are currently underway with several labels Hard Radio

May 6th, 1999	UK's reigning kinds of black theatre, CRADLE OF FILTH, have announced who their new drummer is: Dave Hirschheimer, who did time in Hangnail and several bands no one's ever heard of. He'll record with the band, who plan on heading into the studio in October. Dave replaces Nick Barker, who's recently been touring with Dimmu Borgir, in addition to putting together Lock Up material (a project band that also features metal luminaries Shane Embury, Jesse Pintado and Peter Tagtgren). Cradle Of Filth have not announced if Dave will take on a stage-name or not, though we respectfully suggest Grave Hearsedriver. We'll see... Metal Maniacs

May 4th, 1999	MYSTRISS, featuring former MACHINE HEAD guitarist Logan Mader and vocalist Whitfield Crane has somewhat of a lineup now. They have been working with guitarist Blunt (ex-ADAYINTHELIFE), bassist Robert Trujillo (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES/OZZY OSBOURNE/INFECTIOUS GROOVES) and a drummer to be named. They reportedly have 11 songs written and recorded. Hard Radio According to www.lifeofagony.com (official web page) LIFE OF AGONY "has decided to call it quits. Although it is unknown if the break is permanent, there is a new band already formed consisting of Joey, Dan, and Corey, along with a new vocalist whom Corey recruited from the Atlanta area. There is no name for the band as of this time." A rumoured band name has been stereo.mud. Hard Radio POWERMAN 5000 have completed their long awaited followup to Mega! Kung-Fu Radio with producers Sylvia Massey (TOOL), Ulrich Wild (STATIC X) and Scott Humphrey. The record is due this summer. Hard Radio