Steve Smythe, the second guitarist for NEVERMORE (pictured on the far left) has announced he is no longer part of the band. NEVERMORE is currently working on their latest album, due out next year via Century Media.
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Fresh from watching Virginian crossover-thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE wreak carnage at this summer's European festivals, fans can now catch a glimpse of the new video for the track "Headbanger Face Rip" online. The track, taken from the group's latest release "The Art of Partying", was filmed by the legendary '80s cult splatter/horror independent film company Troma Entertainment and features such Troma characters as the Toxic Avenger and Kabukiman.
The video features on YouTube in two separate versions — a TV-friendly version and Troma's genre-defining, all-out gore-tastic take on "Headbanger Face Rip" (featured above), which involves blood, guts and the legendary Troma-style shlock horror effects. ONLY over-18s can check out the gore version, as it's sure to be banned soon.
0 horns upARSIS bassist Noah Martin has posted the following update:
“Unfortunately, we have decided to part ways with Mike Parks. When James (Malone)'s voice went out a couple tours ago, Mike did us the biggest favor by filling in for as long as he did. I know I speak for everyone in ARSIS when I say we couldn’t imagine anyone else doing a better job. However, we felt that with the new album right around the corner, we needed to move on with ARSIS in the ARSIS way — with James back on vocals. We wish him nothing but the best, as we’ll always be friends.
ARSIS heads into the studio September 3rd, to begin recording ‘We Are The Nightmare,’ our third full length album, to be released on Nuclear Blast International. Watch out for us on the road in November with ENSLAVED and January with EXODUS.”
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0 horns upBillboard.com reports: There’s plenty of talk about a BLACK SABBATH reunion for 2008. It’s just not coming from the band members themselves. Guitarist Tony Iommi tells Billboard.com that even though “everybody’s been talking to me” about the much-reported regrouping, “there’s nothing in stone at all. It’s very loose, so we’ll see what happens.”
Sharon Osbourne, original frontman Ozzy Osbourne’s wife and manager, indicated earlier this year that SABBATH would be working together in 2008, and recently confirmed that “we’re definitely talking to the guys.” She hopes to further the discussions while Ozzy is on the road this fall on his post-Ozzfest tour with ROB ZOMBIE and as Iommi and bassist Terry “Geezer” Butler finish up their HEAVEN & HELL tour with Ronnie James Dio.
Iommi says he’d like to see any SABBATH reunion involve some new music; the group’s original lineup hasn’t released a full set of fresh material since 1978’s “Never Say Die!,” though it did include a couple of new tracks on the 1998 live album “Reunion.”
“I’ve been going on for a few years now saying I think we should’ve done an album a long time ago,” Iommi explains. “It would be nice to do one, but, again, it’s having the time to do it. I haven’t written an album with Ozzy for a long time, so we’ll have to see how long that’ll take, and what it involves.”
Iommi says he and Osbourne have been talking throughout the year and reports that the singer is “doing quite alright. He sounded fine when I spoke to him. We usually check in with each other and say, ‘How you doing?’”
HEAVEN & HELL, meanwhile, is gearing up for a second North American tour, which kicks off Sept. 5 with opening acts ALICE COOPER and QUEENSRYCHE. This time out the group is supporting the “Live From Radio City Music Hall” CD and DVD, and Iommi and Butler acknowledged that they’re intrigued by the possibility of continuing this band as well.
“It could happen, but we’re not planning anything yet,” says Butler. “We’ve always said it’s just for this year only and that’s it. But if something happens in the future … I mean, I didn’t even know this was gonna happen a year ago, so never say never.”
Iommi adds, “I think we’d probably like to do something, whether it’s an album or whatever, because it’s such a great lineup. We’ve sort of mentioned it, but we’ve not really gone further with it. I think when we get to the end of this year we’ll probably make some kind of decision.”
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DOWN will have their upcoming album, “III - Over The Under” released in the U.K. September 24th via Roadrunner Records as a limited-edition digipak with the bonus song “Invest In Fear”. The release will also be available in the U.S. September 25th via ILG/Warner Music Group.
0 horns up> THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have posted the song “I Only Worship What you Bleed” at their MySpace page. The song comes from their upcoming album, “Nocturnal”, due out September 18th via Metal Blade.
> HIMSA have posted an e-card for their upcoming album, “Summon In Thunder” at this location. The album is due out September 18th via Century Media.
0 horns up> IN FLAMES has announced that they will enter IF Studios next week to begin recording their new album to be released via Ferret. They will document the process with MySpace videos, updating every Monday, beginning September 10th.
> VADER have announced that they are completing an anniversary album which will include 25 re-recorded Vader songs. The release will be titled “XXV”.
0 horns upSLAYER have had some live footage taken from a 1985 performance, playing the songs, “Die By The Sword”, “The Antichrist”, “Hell Awaits”, and “Chemical Warfare” posted at MetalKult.com.
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BENEATH THE MASSACRE have posted the video for the song “Society’s Disposable Son” at YouTube. The songs comes from their latest album, “Mechanics Of Dysfunction”, which came out earlier this year via Prosthetic.
0 horns up> RAGING SPEEDHORN have posted four new songs from their upcoming album, “Before The Sea Was Built” at their MySpace page. The album is due out Spetember 7th in Germany, September 10th in the rest of Europe, and September 11th in the rest of the world via SPV.
> FLESHCRAWL have posted the song “Fleshcult” at their MySpace page. The song comes from their upcoming album, “Structures Of Death”, due out September 21st via Metal Blade.
0 horns up> GOD FORBID will have their out of print releases, “Reject The Sickness” and “Out Of Misery” EP released as “Sickness And Misery”, a single CD with new artwork, to come out through Koch.
> DEMIRICOUS new album “Two (Poverty)” has now been pushed back to an October 16th release via Metal Blade.
> NECROPHOBIC has announced that their European tour with DISMEMBER has been canceled by the promoter. The band has stated that they are currently looking for alternative solutions to the tour cancellation.
> IMPALED have signed a deal with Willowtip Records to have their fourth full-length album, “The Last Gasp”, released in North America November 6th, and as part of a distribution deal with Candlelight Records, the album will also be released in Europe on November 5th.
> TRAP THEM have announced drummer Mike Sharp and bass player Scuba Steve to replace the previously vacant positions.
0 horns upMunicipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust and Sekeletonwitch have added more dates to their north American tour:
September 21 Kingston, PA - Backstage
September 22 Trenton, NJ - The Championship
September 23 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
September 25 Brooklyn, NY - Europa
September 26 Providence, RI - The Living Room
September 27 Worcester, MA - The Palladium Upstairs
September 28 Poughkeepsie, NY - The Loft
September 29 Buffalo, NY - Showplace Theater
September 30 Cleveland, OH - Now Thats Class
October 2 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
October 3 Arlington, IL - Arlington Heights K of C Hall
October 5 Detroit, MI - Harpos
October 6 Toronto, ONT - Metal Bar
October 6 Toronto, ONT - Opera House
October 7 Springfield, MA - The Waterfront
October 9 Baltimore, MD - The Ottobar
October 10 Harrisonburg, VA - Guzmans
0 horns upSICK OF IT ALL, MADBALL, VIVA HATE, and SINKING SHIPS will play on the following dates:
October 17 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater (with Killing Kings and Last of the Believers, without Madball or Sinking Ships)
October 20 - Seattle, WA - Studio 7
October 22 - Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
October 23 - Reno, NV - The New Stoneys
October 24 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
October 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Key Club
October 26 - Fresno, CA - Exit
October 27 - Fullerton, CA - The Alley
October 28 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
November 1 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
November 2 - Dallas, TX - Red Blood Club
November 7 - Saint Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl (with Modern Life Is War, without Madball)
0 horns upCATTLE DECAPITATION, THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA, ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS, and VEIL OF MAYA have announced some more tour dates:
October 13 - Hollywood, CA - Whiskey A Go Go
October 17 - Bakersfield, CA - Jerry’s Pizza
October 19 - Santa Cruz, CA - 418 Project
October 20 - Bend, OR - The Domino Room
October 21 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
October 22 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
October 23 - Boise, ID - The Venue
October 25 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
October 27 - El Paso, TX - Chic’s
October 28 - Mesa, AZ - The Cellblock
October 29 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
October 31 - San Diego, CA - Soma
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