Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Decapitated - To Reissue Debut Album With Bonus DVD
Technical Death Metal whirlwind Decapitated issue a limited edition version of their dramatic "Winds Of Creation" debut album on October 8, complete with bonus DVD.
Originally issued back in 2000, the album sent shock waves through the scene for its focused and tight arrangement, relentless aggression and supreme musicianship. Eyebrows were further raised when it was discovered that the band were barely out of their teens. Live shows backed the hype, and Decapitated's place among the forerunners of the emerging new generation of Death Metal bands was assured.
The limited edition reissue contains a full 10 track live show filmed in December 2004 at Nottingham Rescue Rooms, featuring the original Winds of Creation line up including vocalist Sauron. Filmed on several cameras with great audio quality, the DVD ably demonstrates just why Decapitated are considered among the elite Death Metal hierarchy. And advance preview of the DVD is available here.
The band have made massive commercial leaps with subsequent albums Nihility, The Negation and Organic Hallucinosis, but Winds of Creation retains a special place in the heart of the many of the bands fans, and on newer bands such as Job for A Cowboy.
The full tracklisting for the "Winds of Creation" [cover art] limited edition is as follows:
Tracklisting CD:
01. Winds of Creation
02. Blessed
03. The First Damned
04. Way to Salvation
05. The Eye of Horus
06. Human?s Dust
07. Nine Steps
08. Dance Macabre
09. Mandatory Suicide
Tracklisting bonus DVD: (Live At Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 20/12/04)
01. The Fury
02. Three-Dimensional Defect
03. Lying and Weak
04. Winds of Creation
05. Nihility (Anti-Human Manifesto)
06. The Negation
07. Perfect Dehumanisation (The Answer?)
08. Sensual Sickness
09. Spheres of Madness
10. Mother War
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Kronos - Sign To Neurotic Records
Official Neurotic Records press release:
Kronos, a death metal quintet hailing from France, influenced by Greek mythology signed to Neurotic Records. After following the band during their first two full length album, the band only really got our attention when they recently released "The Helenic Terror". After briefly negotiating with the band they signed a recording agreement with Neurotic Records. The band expects to deliver their first album for Neurotic Records in 2009.
Ruud Lemmen of Neurotic Records added: "It will be great to work with Kronos. This band have impressed us for awhile now, and this seems like a great band to develop as much as possible."
Mike Saccoman of Kronos (drums) adds: "We are very proud and honoured to sign to a record company such as Neurotic Record. For us, this is simply the best European Death metal label which houses a lot of amazing bands! It's a real opportunity for us to be able to climb up on the ladder worldwide after many years of hard work and dedication. So, we would like to thank Ruud Lemmen and everybody at Neurotic Records crew for trusting in us. We hope for a great cooperation and we'll put in the hard work together to promote our extreme music on this earth!"
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Municipal Waste - Video Banned From YouTube
The video for the Municipal Waste track 'Headbanger Face Rip' has been banned by You Tube. Filmed by the legendary 80s cult splatter/horror independent film company Troma Entertainment, the 'gore version' of the recording has been deemed by You Tube to have content which is inappropriate.
This banned version of the track features the legendary Troma style blood, guts and gore seen in many of their genre-defining B-movie style shock flicks, which fit well with Municipal Waste's outrageous party attitude. Fans who still want to watch this controversial version of the track can still view it online here and the TV-friendly recording can still be viewed on YouTube here.
Municipal Waste's "The Art Of Partying" is out now worldwide.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Nevermore - Guitarist Parts Ways With Band
According to his official website, guitarist Steve Smyth has officially parted ways with Nevermore, citing personal and business differences.
"All things find their end eventually, and at this time I wish to make it clear that this was mutually agreed between the band and myself," Steve said in a statement.
"I will continue on with other aspects of my music career, including the upcoming release of The Esseness Project, an all-instrumental album in the vein of progressive rock that is now finished and being prepared for release."
He continued, "After a year and four months of being out of the touring scene due to ill health and then a kidney transplant, I have finally been given a full health clearance by my doctors to go back on the road, and I am now ready to return to the stage.
"I am proud and extremely honored to have been a guest of Uli Jon Roth at his Sky Academy concert series this past weekend, August 24th and 25th , in L.A. What an awesome experience! To jam with one of the greatest, as well as several other incredible guitarists and musicians who have been big influences on my playing over the years, and to make new friends as well, the whole thing was just incredible. Many thanks to Uli for inviting me, it was truly an honor!
"I am now embarking on a six-week of tour of Europe with my friends from the Danish thrash metal band, SPV recording artists Hatesphere, first supporting Behemoth in Poland, and then joining the Dimmu Borgir tour. I have been a fan of Hatesphere and friends with the band since 2003, when they opened for Testament at a festival we played together, and absolutely look forward to getting out with them and together, crushing Europe!"
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Impaled Nazarene - New Album Samples
Impaled Nazarene have posted four audio samples from their upcoming album, "Manifest", on their MySpace page here.
You can find samples of the songs entitled 'Mushroom Truth', 'You Don't Rock Hard', 'Pandemia' and 'Blueprint For Your Culture's Apocalypse'.
Due in October via Osmose Productions, "Manifest" was mixed at Sonic Pump studio by Tapio Pennanen and was mastered at Finnvox studio by Mika Jussila.
"Manifest" tracklisting (in no particular order):
01. Intro: Greater Wrath
02. The Antichrist Files
03. Pandemia
04. Mushroom Truth
05. Die Insane
06. Blueprint For Your Culture's Apocalypse
07. Funeral For Despicable Pigs
08. Goat Justice
09. Dead Return
10. Suicide Song
11. Pathogen
12. The Calling
13. Planet Nazarene
14. You Don't Rock Hard
15. When Violence Commands The Day
16. Original Pig Rig
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Korpiklaani - Sign With Nuclear Blast
The following news has been posted on Nuclear Blast site:
The Finnish Folk-Metal tribe of Korpiklaani are the latest addition to the Nuclear Blast familiy! The guys have signed a worldwide contract and we are all looking forward to the upcoming releases of this outstanding band. The six guys coming directly from the woods have issued the following statement about this joyful occasion:
"Once upon a time were the merry men of Korpiklaani on a tour somewhere in Europe, drinking beer in the bus on the road from here to there. Between the beers there was also some talk about our future. On the small bus table, half hidden under the dog-eared deck of cards, coins and empty bottles, there was a Blast! magazine. This catalogue of Nuclear Blast had seen better days. It had already served as a beermat, ashtray and toilet entertainment, even though the language was totally incomprehensible to us.
Our highly intelligent conversation moved to record companies and we started to wonder which one of them would be the best for us. Jonne happened to set his bleary eyes on the scruffy magazine and asked if anyone knew any band that had left Nuclear Blast. There was a silence.
No one knew and we saw that it was good. That's when we first got the idea that Nuclear Blast would actually be a great company for us as well. It must be a good home for bands because no one ever leaves. The idea of us and them still felt distant and unrealistic.
As the time passed, our small and ugly Folk Metal band gained more success, slowly but steadily, and played more and more concerts. And behold, one day we got a word from our own chargé d'affaires, Matte, that one of the best is interested in us, Nuclear Blast.
Our first meeting was in Germany, the land of... eh... well, Germans. We were prepared to meet bald, fat businessmen in their black three-piece suits with briefcases full of contract papers. We couldn't find any. Instead of that there some smiling folkmetal loving fellows with pints in their hands. And then we heard the magic words: "You guys want some beer?"
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Amon Amarth - US Headline Tour Dates
The dates for the first headlining tour of Amon Amarth have been announced, as well as the support acts, Decapitated (PL), Himsa (USA) and Sonic Syndicate (SWE). The dates so far are :
11/19 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
11/20 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse Music Venue
11/21 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
11/23 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
11/24 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
11/25 - Houston, TX - Meridian
11/26 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues
11/27 - Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone
11/28 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
11/29 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
11/30 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
12/01 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
12/02 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
12/03 - New York, NY - The Fillmore
12/09 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4
12/11 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater
12/12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon Theater
12/14 - Vancouver, BC - Croatian Cultural Centre
12/15 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
12/16 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
12/18 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
12/19 - Los Angeles, CA - The Avalon
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Hatesphere - Replace Guitarist
Danish Thrashers Hatesphere have issued the following statement on their official website:
"Heinz [Henrik Jacobsen] is no longer part of HateSphere. The decision was made long time ago, and we have therefore known it for a long time. There is no bad blood in the split - Heinz simply don't like the touring part of music anymore - so we want to thank him for a great time in the band and wish him the best of luck in the future.
No need to worry as we have found a more than fitting replacement. Jakob [Nyholm] from fellow Danish metallers, Dawn of Demise + Koldborn, is taking over the guitar duty in the band emidiately. We have known Jakob for a long time, and we are looking forward to finally hitting the big stages with him! Welcome to the band!
Your first chances to see him in action will be on our upcoming tours with Behemoth and Dimmu Borgir. Jakob has already played a show in Essen(DE) with us - watch the video here. /Hatesphere
Heinz' official statement:
At the 25th of August I played my last show with Hatesphere at the Elsrock Festival in Holland. The reason that Im leaving Hatesphere after 5+ years of hard work and boozin' fun on the road is simply that its time for me to try new things in life. It was probably one of the hardest decisions I ever took, but I know that this is the right choice for me and the band. Life is all about being true to yourself and do what you love doing right now.
My time in Hatesphere has given me so many great moments with the guys in the band and all the people who belive in us and came to our shows during the past 5 years. So a big cheers and thank you to all the bands I've toured with, all you fans who came out to join the party with us, but most of all to my friends Bredahl, Pepe, Mixen, Gyldenøhr, Mikael, Dennis, Mads, Tue, Rasmus and Tolderen for all the good times we´ve shared on the road and in the studio. /Heinz"
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Mourning Beloveth - Enter The Studio In October
Irish Doom Metal outfit Mourning Beloveth have updated their website with the following update:
"Again some time has passed since the previous update and we have been busy writing the new album. We are set to record in Studio E in Germany from October 1st to 14th, bring it home and then master it. Four songs complete at the moment and 3 more in the pipeline, titles include 'The Burning Man', 'Primeval Rush' and 'The Sickness'. Another labyrinthine journey through some torturous doom as the album should have a running time over an hour.
We have had the pictures from Bamberg up for some time but no report and believe me it is probably better we didn't report...everything was great for the gig, sold out venue, some great support bands and loads of beer..thats where the problem started for one or two members, suffice to say we didn't cover ourselves in glory and so we agreed with the organisers to make up for our drunken performance by playing at this years Way of Darkness festival on the 5th and 6th of October www.wod-festival.de. We should be on stage mid afternoon on Saturday and we will save the drunkenness for afterwards. December should see us play Greece again but we are not cpnfirmed yet so watch this space. As regards touring plans are forming through our booking agent and previous bass player, Adrian through Lugga Productions www.luggamusic.com and we should be heading out for a week at the end of March.
We are now on my space too http://www.myspace.com/mourningbeloveth and we will add photos to it of all our upcoming shows for those to lazy to go to the website.
As for merchandise we still have some AMC shirts with tour dates on the back. Hopefully we will have a re print of all AMC merch by the end of the summer.'
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Ensiferum - Announce Canadian Tour
The following message has been posted on the official Ensiferum website:
"Ensiferum is finally crossing over the Atlantic Ocean to Canada and will do a small Eastern Canadian tour in November 2007."
"Additionally there will be an European tour "Tour Towards Victory"(Part II) in December 2007, which is a follow-up to the tour made last spring."
The Canadian dates are as follows:
Nov. 06 - Théatre Plaza - Montreal, Quebec
Nov. 08 - Cabaret du Capitole - Quebec City, Quebec
Nov. 09 - Trash Bar - Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Nov. 10 - The Metal Bar - Toronto, Ontario
Nov. 11 - The Underground - Hamilton, Ontario
Nov. 12 - Jubilee Hall - Sudbury, Ontario
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Nightwish - Announce U.K. And Ireland Tour
Nightwish have confirmed a tour of the U.K. and Ireland in 2008 in support for their forthcoming album "Dark Passion Play". These will be the first shows in the U.K. with new singer Anette Olzon.
The dates are as follows:
Mar. 25 - Astoria - London, England
Mar. 29 - Carling Academy - Birmingham, England
Mar. 30 - Carling Academy - Newcastle, England
Mar. 31 - ABC1 - Glasgow, Scotland
Apr. 02 - Mandela Hall - Belfast, Northern Ireland
Apr. 03 - Vicar Street - Dublin, Ireland
Apr. 04 - Academy 2 - Manchester, England
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SUICIDE SILENCE: New Song Available - Sep. 4, 2007
SUICIDE SILENCE kicked off the worldwide touring campaign for its debut offering, "The Cleansing", this past Sunday on a headlining U.S. tour with DESPISED ICON as direct support and WINDS OF PLAGUE and SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY occupying the opening slots.
A graphic new video for the track "The Price of Beauty" was recently shot with acclaimed director Matt Bass (THE ESOTERIC, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER). Look for the full-length version to make its online debut in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the track was just uploaded to www.myspace.com/suicidesilence, so check it out now.
The group will immediately follow up this headlining run by joining up with UNEARTH, DARKEST HOUR and AUGUST BURNS RED for a month-long U.S. tour, which kicks off on September 27.
"The Cleansing" is scheduled for a September 18 release via Century Media Records.
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STILL REMAINS To Hit The Road With AIDEN - Sep. 4, 2007
Grand Rapids, Michigan's STILL REMAINS is about to hit the road again. After recently completing a successful run on the SmartPunk Stage of this year's Vans Warped Tour, the band is heading out on tour this fall with AIDEN and DROP DEAD, GORGEOUS. With a lofty goal of "touring until their bodies quit functioning," TJ Miller and the boys are out in support of their sophomore release for Roadrunner Records, "The Serpent". Released on August 7, "The Serpent" channels all the aggression of the band’s debut disc, "Of Love And Lunacy" and combines it with a fiercely melodic vocal roar.
The band's major market North American trek with AIDEN and DROP DEAD, GORGEOUS will begin on September 11 in Seattle and end in San Francisco on October 10. Immediately following the tour, the band will head across the pond for a U.K. headline run. Before heading overseas, the band will shoot their second video from "The Serpent" while in Los Angeles for "Dancing With The Enemy".
STILL REMAINS on tour with AIDEN and DROP DEAD, GORGEOUS:
Sep. 11 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
Sep. 14 - Gothic Theater - Englewood, CO
Sep. 15 - Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
Sep. 16 - Creepy Crawl - St. Louis, MO
Sep. 17 - Station 4 - Paul, MN
Sep. 19 - Agora Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
Sep. 20 - Metro - Chicago, IL
Sep. 21 - St. Andrew’s Hall - Detroit, MI
Sep. 22 - Opera House - Toronto, ONT
Sep. 23 - The Icon - Buffalo, NY
Sep. 24 - Revolution Hall - Troy, NY
Sep. 25 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
Sep. 27 - Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
Sep. 28 - Theater of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Sep. 29 - Otto Bar - Baltimore, MD
Sep. 30 - Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
Oct. 01 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
Oct. 02 - The Club at Firestone - Orlando, FL
Oct. 04 - The Meridian - Houston, TX
Oct. 05 - White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
Oct. 06 - The Door - Dallas, TX
Oct. 08 - The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
Oct. 09 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 10 - Soma - San Diego, CA
Oct. 12 - Slim’s - San Francisco, CA
In other news,, the band has posted a new video clip of drummer Adrian "Bone" Green "taking a shoe" from the band's manager. What does "taking a shoe" entail, you ask? Find out below.
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FALL OF SERENITY: New Album Title Announced - Sep. 4, 2007
German melodic death/thrash metal outfit FALL OF SERENITY has set "The Crossfire" as the title of its new album, due on November 19 via Lifeforce Records. The CD will include an exclusive video clip for the song "Knife To Meet You".
Commented singer John Gahlert: "We have worked hard to have these new circumstances within the band. There's a new spirit we feel, pushing us forward into a slightly different and thrilling destination. 'The Crossfire' is our statement against musical boundaries and bigotry. Working with Dan Swanö (hail to the king!) was another new piece in the puzzle and it perfectly fits to the aura of our sound. After Leif Jensen (DEW-SCENTED) appeared on the last album 'Bloodred Salvation', we forced female metal icon Sabina Classen (HOLY MOSES, TEMPLE OF THE ABSURD) to be part of the new record...with fantastic result, she has a great and authentic voice. We are really looking forward to the things to come."
The first webisode from the making of the album can be viewed below.
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Upcoming releases on September 2007
05.09 Hanoi Rocks - Street Poetry
07.09 Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked - Part 1)
07.09 Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
10.09 Severe Torture - Sworn Vengeance
10.09 Darkthrone - F.O.A.D.
10.09 Aeon - Rise To Dominate
11.09 Deadsoul Tribe - A Lullaby For The Devil
14.09 Elvenking - The Scythe
16.09 Depressed Mode - Ghosts Of Devotion
17.09 The Old Dead Tree - The Water Fields
17.09 Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide
17.09 HIM - Venus Doom
18.09 The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
18.09 Ministry - The Last Sucker
18.09 Rob Zombie - Live [Live]
18.09 War From A Harlots Mouth - Transmetropolitan
21.09 Biomechanical - Cannibalised
21.09 Jorn - Live In America [Live]
21.09 Fleshcrawl - Structures Of Death
23.09 Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant
24.09 Limbonic Art - Legacy Of Evil
24.09 Turisas - Rasputin [Single]
25.09 Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring [EP]
26.09 Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
26.09 Enthroned - Tetra Karcist
28.09 Sodom - The Final Sign Of Evil
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Hail Of Bullets - Final Mix Of Demo Is Ready
FINAL MONSTROUSLY MASSIVE MAMMOTH MIX!!!
We just received the master disc with the final mixes from Sweden!
Well, Mr Swanö most certainly lived up to our expectations by delivering a mix that crushes every living thing in a 50 mile radius! And we thought our rough mixes were pretty heavy... Now we truly sound like a Tiger Tank rolling from the speakers and into your living room on an unstoppable course of doom, death and destruction!
We decided to upload two songs from our 2007 promo right away. One of them has been made downloadable.
The coming weeks we'll be giving you the chance to compile your own 4 track HoB CD by making one song at a time downloadable. At the end of this cycle we'll also be providing a link to some very cool artwork to complete the package.
So keep checking out www.myspace.com/hailoffuckenbullets
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Rob Zombie Halloween remake explodes!
Classic horror remake breaks opening w/e records
According to SlashFilm.com, Rob Zombie's remake of the 1978 horror classic "Halloween" has exploded for an estimated $10.5 million at the box office in the United States on Friday (August 31), and it's headed for a three-day of $30 million and a spectacular four-day Labor Day weekend of $35.775 million. This will easily be the best three-day opening weekend of the nine-film Michael Myers franchise.
Top three-day opening weekends for Michael Myers movies:
01. "Halloween" (2007) - $30M (projected)
02. "Halloween: H2O" (1998) - $16.1M
03. "Halloween: Resurrection" (2002) - $12.2M
04. "Halloween II" (1981) - $7.4M
05. "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" (1995) - $7.3M
Also as expected, Michael Myers has become the all-time No. 4 grossing "killer" franchise in modern box office history, surpassing Jigsaw from the "Saw" trilogy and trailing only Hannibal Lecter, Jason ("Friday the Thirteenth") and Freddy Krueger.
Zombie has scored successes with low-budget slasher flicks "House Of 1,000 Corpses" ($12.6 million in domestic receipts) and "The Devil's Rejects" ($17 million cumulative box office gross).
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Marilyn Manson interview
More quote from the dark duke of bizarre on his marriage, new lady and Slayer
Ben Wener of The Orange County Register recently conducted an interview with Marilyn Manson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
On having to "confirm" during his marriage to Dita Von Teese:
"I started to feel bad about being me. I started to feel like I had to turn me off somehow, to prove that I fit into this convention I know now didn't suit me properly. . . I don't necessarily think I couldn't be married again. I think that I assumed — and it was me projecting my idea of romance onto Dita — that she believed in things the same way I did. I think we got to a point where she was feeling like, 'Well, I assumed you would eventually grow out of this.' And I'm saying, 'But this is me.' My marriage started to transform into something that was too concerned with the rest of the world, with how it would get portrayed in Vogue magazine — and that sort of thing was exactly what I had fought hard to stand against. But I got lost between love and belief in myself. I didn't know who I was supposed to be anymore."
"I'm absolutely not looking for someone who agrees with me about everything, or someone who wants to please me by believing what I believe. But I need the same dark romantic yearning. I had been watching all these movies, like 'True Romance' and 'Harold and Maude' and 'The Hunger' and 'Bonnie and Clyde', and I started wondering where that sort of feeling had gone. I thought that was where I was at in my life, and I couldn't understand why I didn't feel that same fearlessness."
On regaining his confidence after starting a romantic relationship with actress Evan Rachel Wood, who at 19 is half Manson's age:
"For me the key to longevity — and immortality, in a sense — has to do with transformation. But at the time my idea of being a chameleon — like Bowie, like Prince, like Madonna, like all the people who have really influenced me — started to get mixed up in my head. So I ran away from myself and fell prey to the scrutiny I had always avoided, because I felt no reason for anyone to believe in me. And I really need to have a reason. . . And then the album ['Eat Me, Drink Me'] also wound up being these songs that established a new, stronger, for the first time real relationship that had that sense of romance I wanted. I think you can literally hear the process of me being resurrected, as dramatic as that sounds. It's not a stance. I can totally hear that."
On touring with another of Satan's favorite bands, SLAYER:
"[It] is a natural because the one thing we share in common is this extreme, brutal dedication to saying and doing what we want and not backing down. ... Plus, we've put together the most theatrical show we've done. Bring some fire and brimstone back into rock 'n' roll. ... At least we're keeping rock 'n' roll evil."
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Sunday, September 2, 2007
Pantera website legal battle
The surviving members of PANTERA are involved in a legal battle with their former webmaster over the Pantera.com domain name, which once served as the band's official web site (since February 2003, PANTERA's official web site has been located at www.officialpantera.com). According to the Justia.com legal portal, which maintains a database of Federal District Court filings and dockets, the Pantera.com webmaster filed a lawsuit in the Michigan Western District Court on August 2, 2007 against the Pantera Partnership (consisting of Vincent Paul Abbott, Philip Hansen Anselmo, Rex Robert Brown, and the estate of Darell Lance ["Dimebag Darrell"] Abbott) over the domain, which has apparently been registered to Alfenas since 1998. The Pantera Partnership, meanwhile, filed a suit of their own in the Michigan Eastern District Court against Alfenas (who resides in Michigan) the very next day, August 3, 2007.
Writing on the PanteraChat.com message board (which is also apparently registered to Alfenas), the webmaster stated about the lawsuits, "Their [PANTERA's] lawyer just said, 'Give us the domains or we are going to sue you. They could have saved a lot of money if they were just nice. You don't treat someone that's done nine years' worth of work for you like a piece of shit. Especially me."
Regarding his decision to file a lawsuit before the PANTERA camp had a chance to file theirs, he wrote, "I filed first because I knew they were going to file the next day." He added, "They are going to argue trademark dilution — meaning that because I own the site, they are losing money and I am tarnishing their mark. [According to Wikipedia, "trademark dilution is a trademark law concept forbidding the use of a famous trademark in a way that would lessen its uniqueness. In most cases, trademark dilution involves an unauthorized use of another's trademark on products that do not compete with, and have little connection with, those of the trademark owner. For example, a famous trademark used by one company to refer to hair care products, might be diluted if another company began using a similar mark to refer to breakfast cereals or spark plugs."]
On the possible outcome of this legal battle, he said, "One of two things will happen: I will win and keep Pantera.com and PanteraChat.com; or I lose it all, and lots of money to lawyers with it . . . Best part is, they [PANTERA] are using two lawyers — one at $500 per hour and some intern at probably $250 per hour. This is going to drag on for a lonnnnnng time if I have anything to say about it."
When asked by one of the other registered members on the PanteraChat.com message board if the surviving members of PANTERA have offered him any money in exchange for transferring the registration to the Pantera.com domain name over to them, Alfenas replied, "PANTERA has never paid me a dollar in nine years, the entire time I've run the site."
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Interview with Metallica drummer
A video interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich conducted by Finland's Musiikki TV prior to the band's July 15, 2007 concert in Helsinki has been posted on YouTube. Watch the footage — which originally aired on August 27 — in four parts below (Note: The clips include several of METALLICA's promotional videos).
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Ярлыки: Interviews