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Dec 1997

• (12/25) Review available in the Band's section for Hypocrisy's new album "The Final Chapter".
• (12/21) According to Metal Blade, the new Bolt Thrower CD has been tentatively titled "Mercenary".
• (12/20) It's official now, Feb 24th is the day the new Morbid Angel album will be out.
• (12/12) From a similar newsgroup source, Suffocation's ep will be out Jan 6th 1998. Once again, this has not been confirmed.
• (12/12) According to a message on the newsgroups, Morbid Angel's new album will be out on February 24th 1998. This is not a confirmed date, so I have it in the release section as a ?
• (12/12) According to the Earache website, Napalm Death's Live Video is out in the US.
• (12/10) The Pantera Live Video is out. See a review in the Bands section.
• (12/10) The Testament best of album is out, and it's been added to my bands page. I don't really have a review of it though, since the album is basically just a bunch of their old songs. If you don't already own their older albums, this is a good mix of their music.
• (12/09) The Cannibal Corpse video "Monolith Of Death Tour" has been released, and has on it the following tracks: 'Perverse Suffering', 'Monolith', 'Pulverized', 'Fucked With A Knife', 'Bloodlands', 'Gutted', 'A Skull Full Of Maggots', 'Mummified In Barbed Wire', 'Orgasm Through Torture', 'Devoured By Vermin', 'Stripped, Raped, And Strangled', 'Hammer Smashed Face', and the 'Devoured By Vermin' uncensored music video. I probably won't get a copy of it up here for awhile due to some dumb Quebec video laws, but everyone else, enjoy.
• (12/03) More news on Devin Townsend of SYL and Ocean Machine fame. As of the most recent newsletter, several new projects in the works. First, a new project called Infinity, which will be more guitar oriented than previous albums. This will also include Gene on drums, and should be finished by spring. The live SYL album is mastered, and will be called "No Sleep Till Bedtime", and should be out soon. Lastly, most people already know about the European tour being canceled. Hopefully they'll get to play there eventually, but not before they come to Montreal :) There was no mention in the newsletter about the new SYL album, so who knows what's up with that.
• (12/03) There's now a review of the Testament concert I was at last night in the concerts section.
• (12/03) Pantera will be coming to Montreal again, Jan 28th 1997. Opening will be Anthrax and Coal Chamber.
• (12/03) There's a review of the Napalm Death EP "Breed to Breathe" in the band's section. Speaking of the band, they're apparently also going to release a live video called "Live Corruption" on Dec 22nd 1997.
• (12/03) Bolt Thrower are now in the studios recording the new album, and will be finished January 13th 1998. They'll be recording ten (maybe eleven) songs, and hope for a spring release.
• (12/03) Some news on Cannibal Corpse. First, they've replaced guitarist Rob Barrett with a guy named Pat O'Brien. And their new album is going well, and has been tentatively titled "Gallery Of Suicide".
• (12/03) The new Morbid Angel album is finished. For more info, including a track listing and a cover photo, go to the Earache News Page.
• (12/03) Internal Bleeding has a new webpage up, available through my bands section. They're selling their new CD through mail order now, which I might have to take them up on, since I can't seem to get it through any of my local record stores.
• (12/03) Benediction's new album "Grind Bastard" is being mixed now, and will include 13 songs with over an hour of music.
• (12/03) The webzine "Brutality's Pulse" has a new issue (sort of), and has some good interviews in it with Internal Bleeding and Benediction. Go check it out on my links page.
• (12/01) According to an interview with Devin of Strapping Young Lad (the interview is in Vibrations Of Doom #16), he's going to start writing a new album in January, which should be ready by April.

• (11/30) Brett Hoffman is back in Malevolent Creation, and apparently they'll start working on a new album to be released in 1998. Seems a bit early for a new album what with "In Cold Blood" recently released, hopefully they'll decide to tour a bit more before they head back to the studios.
• (11/28) Some news on the Fear Factory site about the new album. It's being tentatively called "Obsolete" and two song titles are "Securition" and "Smash Smash Devour." Sounds like the Fear Factory we all know and love.
• (11/19) Vader's new album "Black To The Blind" is available in Europe and Japan. We hope for an American release soon. You can hear some mp3's of the new album at their webpage, available through the bands section.
• (11/19) Metallica's "Reload" is now out, although I won't be reviewing it because I don't want to waste my money on a copy of the album.
• (11/16) Slayer has finished recording their new album. They have apparently switched labels (since American Recordings is going through some restructuring), and they hope to have it out by Jan / Feb of next year.
• (11/10) I'm afraid my favorite Fear Factory webpage will no longer be around come the new year, so I've moved my Fear Factory link to a new page, and it will remain at this page until I can find a site with better or more up to date info.
• (11/10) Looks like Karl Willets, former vocalist for Bolt Thrower, might be rejoining the band. At least to record their new album. Nothing yet is confirmed.
• (11/06) Sepultura's management has issued a press release with some info on the band. They've decided to find a new vocalist (instead of Andreas taking over the position), and they've also written several songs for the new album, and hope to have it released by late 1998.
• (11/01) Go and visit the Unofficial Meshuggah Site. It has some info that's covered on the official Meshuggah site, as well as some interesting articles about music theory and how it relates to the band.
• (11/01) Here's a link to the new Metallica song from "Reload" in mp3 format called 'The Memory Remains'. It sucks, I warn you now.

• (10/27) Testament is going to have a new album, "Signs Of Chaos: The Best Of Testament" out on November 4th 1997. It includes lots of older tracks, as well as two cover songs originally recorded by The Scorpions and Aerosmith.
• (10/25) Benediction's "Grind Bastard" has been pushed back till April 20th 1998.
• (10/25) The reissue of Meshuggah's "Contradictions Collapse" has been pushed back till Jan 26th 1998. Also Nuclear Blast is showing the new Meshuggah album to be out on April 30th 1998, although I suspect that this date is not going to be very accurate since the band hasn't even finished writing songs for the album yet.
• (10/25) A new album will be out soon for Infernal Torment called "Birthrate Zero". This should be out any day now.
• (10/22) A review of the Grrrr!! compilation is available in the bands section under the * subsection.
• (10/21) A review of the new Meshuggah EP is in the Band's section.
• (10/16) I've changed the Bands section so now you get a menu that lets you choose the first letter of the band you wish to see a review of. Hopefully this will decrease the loading time so you can get to the review you want more quickly and more efficiently.
• (10/13) Polish death metal legends Vader will have a new album out on Nov 17th 1997 called "Black To The Blind". And apparently China has left the band, so we'll have to see who replaces him on guitar.
• (10/13) Looks like the guys in Fear Factory hope to have their album out by March 1998.
• (10/13) Metallica's Reload will be released on Nov 17th 1997. Not that anyone cares...
• (10/13) Anthrax is about to sign with a new label on which they want to release their new album "Volume 8". They have the album recorded, and are still hopeful for a January 1998 release.
• (10/10) A review of Fredrik Thordendal's solo album is now on the Bands Page.
• (10/09) Napalm Death will be releasing their "Breed to Breathe" EP Nov 11th 1997 (in the US, Nov 17th in Europe). The track listing will be Breed to Breathe, All Intensive Purposes, Stranger Now, Bled Dry, Time Will Come, and the Breed to Breathe 'Extreme Version' video, which was that video too extreme for TV viewing mentioned in last month's news. Also included will be an extra track which is the winners of the Napalm Death Cover Track Competition. The American winner was Impending Doom, and their cover of 'Greed Killing' will appear on the US version of the EP, and the European winner Fatality will play 'Suffer The Children' on the European version of the EP. And also apparently the bass player was badly injured at a concert, but is still performing.
• (10/07) Finally added that Nile review on the bands page.
• (10/04) Some new Strapping Young Lad news. The band's Australian tour will be recorded for a live SYL CD which will hopefully be out by Christmas. And for everyone who ordered a copy of "Grrrr", a problem with the artwork has delayed the release of the album, but it should be ready to go within a week or two.

• (09/29) After a lot of debate and a lot of math, it looks like I was wrong about the Meshuggah IRC chat time. The chat will take place at approx. 5:00pm eastern time Oct 1st. Boy do I hate this time zone thing.
• (09/27) The Pantera Live Video called "3: Watch It Go" will be released November 11th 1997.
• (09/27) The band Obscenity will be releasing a new album on Morbid Records sometime in December.
• (09/26) Scattered Remnants' “Destined to Fail” Digipack CD has been postponed till February 1st 1998.
• (09/26) The Montreal Testament show has been postponed till Dec 2nd 1997.
• (09/26) I've been unable to get my hands on a copy of Nile's "Ramses Bringer of War", but I have heard the CD, and it shows lots of promise (expect a full review when my local CD store finally gets my copy in). The band will also be releasing their first full length album "Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka", which should be out Nov 1st 1997 from Visceral Productions. However, note that this Digipack is limited to 300 copies.
• (09/25) I can't find any confirmations to this, but someone recently mentioned on the newsgroups that Prong is alive once again, and is going on tour in the US. The line up consists of Tommy Victor on guitar/vocals, Mike Riggs on guitar/keyboard, John Tempesta on drums, and Frank Cavanaugh on bass. I'll see if I can get this confirmed by another source soon.
• (09/23) Here's some Slayer news. First, a new website called The Abyss has opened, and it has huge amounts of info about the band. Regarding the new album, it will indeed be heavier and not as fast as previous albums, but the band doesn't think the fans will be even slightly disappointed. This and more is revealed in an interview with the band on the site. As far as releases, they quote two dates on the new album, Halloween and January. I think January is more likely, since they need time to finish recording the album. And expect Paul Bostaph on drums for the album and any subsequent touring.
• (09/22) The U.S. release date of Meshuggah's "True Human Design" has been pushed back till Oct 7th. D'oh!!
• (09/20) Heavy Devy Records has just opened their website. This is the record label run by Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad, and the site has sound clips and info about all kinds of new CD's released on the label.
• Ocean Machine's "Biomech". Devin wrote all the music, but it's more melodic and rock oriented, sort of like the stuff he was doing for Steve Vai. The album is only available in Japan so far, so if you want it you'd better find a good import store.
• "Grrrr!!", which is a compilation of heavy Vancouver bands, and it also includes one unreleased SYL track called "Centipede" (this song is on the Japanese version of "City").
• Zimmers Hole, a band produced and mixed by Devin.
• Punky Bruster, which seems to be a joke CD called "Cooked On Phonics" of pop-punk tunes.
• (09/19) There's been a few changes to the format of this webzine, as I'm sure you can see. Other than a few cosmetic changes to get things to load faster and to give me more space in the main window, the only other change is the inclusion of some quick links above to some sites I visit often. And no, they aren't paying me any cash for the plug. Still, I urge you to checked these guys out if you haven't already, but you don't have to, and there's still plenty on this site for everyone else.
• (09/19) Some quick Meshuggah news. Apparently the new EP is out, but it hasn't made it over to North America yet. And the band will be on IRC chat on Oct 1st at 2200 CET (which is I believe Oct 2nd at 3:00am Eastern time) at the channel #meshuggah.
• (09/19) Lots of new Bolt Thrower news. First, the band has a new website run by the band, so here's the Official Bolt Thrower webpage. As for band news, they have a new drummer named Alex Thomas, and apparently he's a terror on the double bass (woo-hoo!). They're still looking for a vocalist, and will be auditioning over the next 2 weeks. And the studio is booked. The new album will be produced in Chapel Studios U.K., but it won't be produced by Colin Richardson! Apparently he decided not to work with the band, the the band wasn't too happy about it, so they'll be self producing. They'll be in the studio on Dec 5th, and will probably finish sometime in January.
• (09/19) Fear Factory are set to release a European single, ‘Burn’ from their Remanufacture album. The single will include 4 songs, 'Burn', 'Refueled' and 'Cyberdyne' mixed by Junkie XL, and 'Transgenic' mixed by Technohead. As for the new Fear Factory album, looks like they'll be recording it in December, and the songs seem to be a little more melodic / dance oriented. But Dino still promises there will be lots of distorted guitars and double kicks. I'll withhold judgment till I've heard the album. The CD will be mixed by Rhys Fulber and Greg Reely.
• (09/19) Aussie band Blood Duster has finished recording their new album "Str8 Outta Nortcote". It has 24 songs, and I couldn't find a reference to when it's coming out, I assume sometime this winter. The CD will be released on Relapse Records.
• (09/19) Extreme Noise Terror has a new album out called "Damage 381". It features the vocals of Napalm Death's Barney Greenway, right before he rejoined Napalm. The album doesn't sound bad, I'm not sure if I'm going to pick it up, so I can't promise a review. Still something to check out if you can't get enough of Barney's voice.
• (09/19) Morbid Angel is now in the studio recording the new album. They hope to be finished by November, and then release the CD shortly after. The lineup on the album will be Trey Azagthoth on Guitar, Pete Sandoval on drums, and Steve Tucker on bass/vocals. Of course we all know former bass/vocalist David Vincent has left the band and is working in a new band named Genitorturers.
• (09/19) Napalm Death's video to 'Breed to Breathe' has been censored for MTV viewing. Apparently MTV wasn't too happy with the 'cheery' images Napalm used in the video, so they axed out most of the offensive stuff. I tell ya, there's just no justice...
• (09/19) Added a new site to the Links page called Teufel's Tomb, which has lots of info on various bands.
• (09/19) Strapping Young Lad is now touring on their own, here's where and when.
• (09/19) The Cannibal Corpse live video will be called the "Monolith Of Death Tour".
• (09/19) On the better late than never front, I've reviewed the first Foreshadow CD which I've just got my hands on. It can be found in the Band's section, although the band has since broken up. I've heard that the guitar / vocalist Pat Loisel is still in the industry somewhere.
• (09/19) Here's a link to Mårten Hagström's homepage, guitarist for Meshuggah.
• (09/19) There's a review of the new Elements CD in the Bands section.
• (09/19) Here are the tour dates for the rest of the Testament tour this fall and winter, and sure enough they are coming to Montreal on the 18th of November, so expect a review right after the concert, and anyone in the Montreal area, come and support the band. They'll be playing at Montreal's ultimate concert venue, Foufounes Electriques.
• (09/19) Rumors have been flying for months, but I guess this is the current wrap-up about what's happening with Sepultura. Max Cavalera has left, some sort of dispute about who would be their new manager, and the split wasn't a happy one, which is sad considering the band is really like a family. The rest of Sepultura have decided to go it alone with Andreas Kisser on vocals. We can only hope the band will get back together soon, not that I doubt Andreas' vocal ability, it's just the band won't be the same without Max.
• (09/16) Testament will continue their North American tour with Kreator until Christmas. Apparently they're even coming to Montreal. :)
• (09/12) Obliveon has moved their website, the new link is on the Bands Page. As for news about the band, they're releasing their most recent album "Cybervoid" in Europe, which includes a new bonus track called 'Psychomatrix'. They also did a song for a recent Ozzy tribute album, and the re-release of their two earlier albums is delayed again.
• (09/12) Scattered Remnants has recently been signed to Visceral Productions, and you can now find a link to their website on the Bands Page. They hope to have their first full length album out by December, and it's currently titled "Destined To Fail". You can also find a new link to Visceral Productions on the Links Page.
• (09/11) The new Altar album will be called "Provoke".
• (09/11) While this may not be new news, there was some recent discussion on the newsgroups about Broken Hope, and the fact they've been kicked off Metal Blade. Even with this set back (if you consider it a set back), the band is still doing fine and doing what it does best, playing really brutal metal.
• (09/11) As mentioned before, Chuck is putting Death back together. The lineup seems to be changing by the day, but it seems like the following lineup is stable for now. Chuck Schuldiner: Vocals Guitar, Shannon Hamm: Guitar, Steve DiGiorgio: Bass, Richard Christy: Drums. Visit the Death webpage through the link on my Bands page.
• (09/05) Listen to Strapping Young Lad live in concert at the Next Level site. The quality is pretty shitty, but hey, it's realaudio, what do you expect.
• (09/05) You can now order Fredrik's CD in America from Relapse Records.

• (08/30) Fredrik has released a new mpg3 of a song only available on the Japanese version of his CD.
• (08/27) A review for a new demo I recently got from Scattered Remnants is in the Bands section.
• (08/26) Geez, Nuclear Blast has pushed back the Meshuggah EP till Sept 12th. And the Contradictions Collapse Digipack has been pushed back till Dec 31st (Of this year, I hope).
• (08/24) Here's the location to Fredrik Thordendal's homepage where you can download some mpg3 files of his new solo album.
• (08/23) A new EP from Suffocation called "Despise The Sun" on Vulture Records should be out by September. Find out a lot more info on the band at this new Suffocation page I found.
• (08/23) Sinister is writing material for their new album "Reborn From Hatred". No word on when they'll be in the studio or when the album will come out.
• (08/23) Cannibal Corpse is auditioning new guitar players since Rob Barrett left the band several months ago (Rob's now playing with Malevolent Creation). They're also hoping to record a new album for the spring of 1998.
• (08/23) Bolt Thrower is working on a new album that should be released by Metal Blade early next year. They got rid of their new vocalist (Martin Van Drunen, who replaced longtime Bolt Thrower vocalist Karl Willetts), and are presently looking for a new one.
• (08/23) Chuck Schuldiner has shelved his Control Denied project, and is reforming Death with some new musicians.
• (08/23) Apparently the new Meshuggah full length album won't be out till sometime next year.
• (08/23) Pantera will be releasing a live video in September to go with their recent live album.
• (08/23) Testament and Strapping Young Lad will be touring together this fall.
• (08/17) Anthrax is hoping to have their new album ready by January 1998.
• (08/17) Apparently the ultra brutal Altar are recording a new album that should be ready by the end of this year.
• (08/17) Trey and the rest of Morbid Angel will be going into the studio (Morrisound, of course) in September to record their new CD "Formulas Fatal To The Flesh"
• (08/17) The new Meshuggah website has opened at www.meshuggah.net, and it's filled with lots of goodies for all those of us who can't get enough of the band. Most recent news on the band is they're hard at work on the new album, which they hope to have ready by fall. The EP has been delayed again till Aug 25th, and Nuclear Blast will be releasing a Digipack of Contradictions Collapse as part of their 10th anniversary.
• (08/16) Check out the review for the Live Pantera album on the Bands page.
• (08/10) A review of the new Malevolent Creation album is now in the Bands section.
• (08/10) Metallica was supposed to be putting the finishing touches on a new album called "Reload", or "Unload" or something like that. They claimed the album was a trip back to their heavier days, but now it looks like the album will just be more songs in the same vein as "Load". Life is so sad.
• (08/10) Click here to see the cover to Meshuggah's new EP "The True Human Design"
• (08/10) New Slayer album in the works. I've heard this album will have less speed and more chunk. Come on guys, can't we have both? :)

• (07/20) Here's a track listing to the new Malevolent Creation album: Nocturnal Overlord, Seizure, Compulsive, VII, In Cold Blood, Leach, Prophecy, Violated, Condemned, Narcotic Genocide, Millions, Preyed Upon, Vision Of Malice. And here's an online version of Prophecy, in real audio format.
• (07/20) Here's a track listing for the Pantera Live album: A New Level, Walk, Becoming, Five Minutes Alone, Sand Blasted Skin, Suicide Note Part 2, War Nerve, Strength Beyond Strength, Domination / Hollow, This Love, I'm Broken, Cowboys from Hell, Cemetery Gates, Fucking Hostile, Where You Come From, I Can't Hide. The last two songs are new tracks.
• (07/19) If you have real audio then take a listen to the internet's only death / black metal radio station, Praise Of Death. This and more can be found at Deathmetal.com.
• (07/12) Slayer has collaborated with a techno band called Atari Teenage Riot to produce a song on the new Spawn Movie Soundtrack, which should be available July 29th.
• (07/11) Fear Factory is releasing two 12" singles which have various remixes of the remixes found on Remanufacture.
• (07/11) A new bigger and better Meshuggah website is in the works. I'll give the address when it's up. I was originally working on my own Meshuggah website, but if this new one turns out to be any good, I think I'll put my project on the permanent back burner. Also, looks like the EP has been postponed till August, because of some unexpected problems with the CD-ROM stuff that's included on the CD.
• (07/02) Malevolent Creation and Oppressor will be going on tour together this summer, to find out when they'll be around your part of the country, check out their respective websites (on the Bands page).
• (07/02) Here's a link to a Live TestamentConcert in Real Audio format. The quality isn't all that good, but it is in realtime over a 28.8 modem.

• (06/26) I've added a link on the releases page to a big list of metal releases. The dates are generally inaccurate (of course it can't be helped), but it should give you a better idea of what's coming out for all your favorite bands.
• (06/26) Just got the new Testament Album. Check out the review on the bands page.
• (06/26) Just found the official Malevolent Creation webpage, which is accessible through the bands page. It seems like the band has been through some serious changes. First, a friend of the band, Crazy Larry (he played drums live for them several times) died in a fire. Now it looks like the guitar player is gone, and Rob Barrett who recently left Cannibal Corpse has joined up. I guess we'll see the new line up when they tour this summer. For tour info, album info, an interview with Phil, etc, go to their official webpage here.
• (06/26) The new Internal Bleeding Album has been pushed back to July 15th.
• (06/26) The new Malevolent Creation Album has been pushed back to July 8th.
• (06/23) Someone mentioned this on the newsgroups, and it sort of confirms something I've heard from another source, so anyways it seems that Suffocation will have a new EP out sometime in August. Hopefully this is just a lead in to that full length album I was told should be out in the fall.
• (06/18) If you want to hear the new Testament album using Real Audio, go to the Hardradio site.
• (06/18) Check out my review of the new Megadeth album on the Bands page.
• (06/11) The rumors seem to be true, Rob Barrett, guitarist for Cannibal Corpse, has left the band. No word on the replacement yet.
• (06/10) A review of Napalm Death's new album is available in the Bands section.
• (06/09) The Malevolent Creation CD has been pushed back to June 24th, I'm not quite sure why, but I've heard several rumors, none of which I can confirm yet, but I'll let you know if I find out anything a little more concrete.
• (06/07) Here's a link to a clip from the new Napalm Death album in real audio format. The song is called Breed to Breathe.
• (06/07) Sepultura is working on some new stuff, and they hope to have a new album out sometime in 1998.
• (06/07) Gorefest has apparently left Nuclear Blast Records, and has switched to SPV in Germany. I'm not sure how this change will effect the band, actually, I'm not sure I care anymore. After hearing part of their last album and their track from the "Death Is Just The Beginning IV" compilation, it sounds like they've fallen into the old Carcass / Entombed trap. I wish them luck on their new career path, but death metal will sorely miss them.
• (06/05) Benediction's new album should be out in September.
• (06/05) It's June 16th 1997 for Megadeth's "Cryptic Writings" album.
• (06/05) I've added a new releases section to the webzine, so it'll be a bit easier to keep track of when albums are coming out. Of course, most of the dates are pretty inaccurate since record companies are always shifting the release dates around, but I'll try and keep it updated regularly.
• (06/05) More Testament news. You can view the album cover and track listing here, as well as other info about "Demonic". And here's a sample of one of the songs on the album, 'Murky Waters'.
• (06/05) The Pantera Album is called "Official Live".

• (05/31) After doing a little investigating, the Pantera live album seems to have 10 tracks of live music, and two new studio songs. It, along with a live video, should be released July 29th.
• (05/29) Apparent an official live Pantera album should be coming out by the end of June.
• (05/26) Check out the review for Fear Factory's Remanufacture in the Bands section.
• (05/22) The new Testament album should be released soon (possibly June 24th), it's called Demonic, and it's supposed to be heavy as hell. Apparently, although Gene Hoglan plays on the album, he's left the band to work with Strapping Young Lad, and Jon Dette is back. The producer was Daniel Bergstrand, the same guy that produced Meshuggah :)
• (05/19) "Death Is Just The Beginning IV" has been released. It has some cool stuff on it, including tracks from Benediction, Slapdash, Gorefest, Hypocrisy, Monstrosity and Sinister. Two CD's with 29 songs. Some of the stuff is lame, but there's enough variety to make it worthwhile. It also has a live Meshuggah track, 'Sickening'.
• (05/19) A new review for Malevolent Creation's "Joe Black" and Sinister's "Bastard Saints" is available in the Bands section.
• (05/17) Check out my review of Obituary's new album on the bands page.
• (05/15) Once again, more news on the Meshuggah site. The new EP will apparently be called "The True Human Design", and will include a new song and 3 versions of "Future Breed Machine". Also, Meshuggah now has an e-mail address. I have no proof this works, but give it a try at meshuggener@hotmail.com
• (05/09) The Earache Site now shows June 3rd as the date for the release of Napalm Death's new album. There's also a track listing on their site.
• (05/09) The Dying Fetus website mentions something about a new album being recorded in May for Pulverizer Records. No firm information yet though.
• (05/09) Check the Pavement Music site for the cover art to the new Internal Bleeding album.
• (05/09) More news on the Meshuggah page, they apparently have a live track on the most recent Nuclear Blast "Death Is Just The Beginning IV" compilation. Also the Nuclear Blast site is giving a July release date for Fred's solo album (even if it's already available in Sweden).
• (05/03) New Megadeth album on the way called "Cryptic Writings". Supposedly it's much heavier than their more recent albums, sorta more like "Rust In Peace". Maybe Megadeth saw what happened to Metallica when they released a crappy commercial album, so Megadeth decided to go back to their aggressive roots (we can always hope).
• (05/03) Apparently the new Meshuggah EP this spring will have a remixed version of Future Breed Machine, and an unconfirmed source has said the rest of the album might be some live tracks.
• (05/03) Check out the new band Infestdead, basically standard death metal in the style of Deicide. The review is on my bands page.
• (05/01) The cover art, as well as some real audio samples of the Fear Factory album "Remanufacture" have been put up at the Roadrunner site.
• (05/01) See the cover of the new Malevolent Creation CD on their website.

• (04/22) New album out by those insane guys from GWAR, entitled "Carnival of Chaos".
• (04/22) New Benediction album on the way in May, entitled "Grind Bastard".
• (04/22) The long time rumors that Bolt Thrower has left Earache seem to be true, since they've just signed with Metal Blade, and hope to have a new album out by this fall.
• (04/21) I've changed the format of my bands page pretty heavily. Check it out!
• (04/21) Also rumors that Malevolent Creation is finishing up their 5th full length album entitled "In Cold Blood". Expected Release date on that is May 27th 1997.
• (04/21) Rumors of a new Internal Bleeding album on the way, entitled "The Extinction of Benevolence". Release date should be June 24th 1997.
• (04/20) The polish band Vader has recently released an album of covers in Europe called "Future Of The Past". No idea when it will show up in North America. They have also released "Reborn In Chaos", which is their first two out-of-print demos remastered and put on one CD. They should be touring Europe in the coming months, and then will record a new album over the summer, which they hope to have ready by fall.
• (04/18) Foufounes Electriques (our local death metal bar) has moved it's website to it's own domain name.
• (04/18) Some new news on the Meshuggah webpage. Fred's solo album is apparently available in Sweden, and Espen has found Peter Nordin's webpage (Meshuggah's former bass player). Peter's page has a short explanation of the events that led to him leaving the band.
• (04/14) New Obituary Album will be titled "Back From The Dead".
• (04/11) New album also from Napalm Death called "Inside The Torn Apart". Should be available on May 3rd.
• (04/11) New album from Oppressor called "Agony" just came out. Check out my review on the bands page.
• (04/11) The Fear Factory album "Remanufacture" (remixes of Demanufacture) has been pushed back till May 20th. This and other news can be found at a cool new Fear Factory site I found. You can get there by going to my bands page, or go their directly from here. Oh, and the band has already been working on material for their next record, and the stuff is supposed to make Demanufacture look like a wimpy album. Probably a 1998 release date on that one.
• (04/11) Obituary should have a new album in stores by the end of April.
• (04/08) Although I'm not sure if it's a new album (it's certainly new in Montreal), check out 250.25 "Actual Reality" by a swedish band called Slapdash. Read my review on the bands page, but basically if you like bands like Pantera, Meshuggah or COC, you'll probably like them.
• (04/03) Grip Inc's new album "Nemesis" is out. Haven't heard much of it yet, so I really can't tell you if it's any good.

• (03/28) Espen's Meshuggah page has been updated, check it out here for some pictures of the band in Umeå. They're apparently working on music for their new album, and we might get another EP this spring. Also Fredrik, the band's lead guitar player, has finished recording his solo album, "Sol Niger Within".
• (03/28) I've been hearing a lot of rumors lately about Testament, sounds like their new album might be finished and coming out soon. The lineup has changed a lot since the last record, but it sounds like they have Gene Hoglan (formerly of Death) on drums, and the bass player has changed, and I'm not sure exactly who is playing lead guitar (It might still be James Murphy). But it should be a great album. I'll keep you informed on anything I find out.
• (03/27) Just came back from the Broken Hope - Vader - Monstrosity concert. Check out my review of the concert on the concerts page.
• (03/22) Just heard Entombed's new album, and it completely sucks. Don't waste your money.
• (03/11) The name for the new Broken Hope album is "Loathing". Check out the Metal Blade site for a picture of the CD cover.
• (03/04) A new album for Broken Hope will be showing up in your local CD shop soon. It's pretty damn good, lots of fast and mid-tempo stuff. Their sound has a little more high end to it (although the vocalist is still really low). Some new twists to the band's usual stuff.
• (03/04) Just heard the new album from Strapping Young Lad (called City), sort of death-hardcore-industrial. The mix is a bit muddy, but it's powerful, and well worth a listen.
• (03/04) Broken Hope, Vader and Monstrosity will be performing at Foufounes Electrique (in Montreal) on March 26th. It's a cheap show (only $10), so come one come all.