Detritus
Issue #338
Week of October 10, 2005
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-Not much news again -- our news guy Sean is off galavanting around
the globe again -- but there are a ton of press releases and a column
from Keith. - Tim

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-Frontiers/Locomotive Arrives From "FROM THE INSIDE" With Project From
Former Tyketto Vocalist Danny Vaughn

Danny Vaughn, the voice behind cult AOR band Tyketto, is back with a
project called From The Inside on Frontiers/Locomotive Records.

Vaughn was contacted by Frontiers Records to record an album of songs
firmly entrenched in the sounds that first gained Vaughn notoriety
with Tyketto, with big choruses, big guitars, and big drums. Most of
the songs were written by professional songwriters, among the likes of
Desmond Child, and brought to Vaughn to put his personal stamp on.

"The trick was to take the essence of the original song and add my own
stamp to it without betraying it," he said. "Some songs were very
simple and required little changing, but others were pretty drastic."

Vaughn did also have the opportunity to contribute some of his own
writing to the project.

"Compared to the music I make in my own band, Vaughn, it's more power
pop," Vaughn said. "My current songs have a slightly more stripped
down vibe to them, although everything that I write is melodic. It's
the only thing I know how to do."

Vaughn was skeptical at first about recording songs written by others,
but was convinced by a similar release Frontiers had done with
vocalist Kelly Hansen called PERFECT WORLD.

"I thought it was very well produced and had a very interesting song
selection," said Vaughn. "So, I agreed to check out the material as
long as they allowed me to do the choosing of the songs. I've never
ventured this far into the area of covering other people's songs."

Gaining popularity in the early to mid-'90s, Tyketto was one of the
best and most underrated radio friendly rock bands of the rock genre,
led by vocalist Vaughn, who left the band in 1995. Vaughn reunited
with his former bandmates for two more bluesy and acoustic rock-based
releases in 2000 and 2001 under the name Vaughn, which he still fronts
today.

http://www.vaughn.de/
http://www.frontiers.it/

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-Seasons Of The Wolf - Live & More

** Seasons Of The Wolf - Live!!

October, 27 2005 at The Bank
1919 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33601
Cost: $6

Mark Empire's Farewell Show! with Motherface, Seasons Of The Wolf,
Knowing Stu, Lucious P. and the Burning Seeds, Auditorium, Michael
Ussery and more!

** Interview at TampaBayMusicScene.com

Listen to Wes and Skully talk about SOTW and the music biz
http://www.realitysnap.com/mp3s/interviews/sotw.mp3

** Seasons Of The Wolf - Starstruck Video

Featuring Axe-Swinging-Horror-Gothbabe "Felicia Pandolfi" from the
horror film "Abomination."
In co-op with director John Bowker of Pipedreams Entertainment we have
put together a quirky horror type music video using several clips from
films "Evil Maker" and "Abomination" (Evilmaker2).

Direct link
http://www.realitysnap.com/seasons_of_the_wolf2.htm

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-Ascension Of The Watchers Hit NY/PA Region

On Tour with False Icons and Still Life Decay, AOTW to Play Select
Dates Through October

Fear Factory front man Burton Bell has announced that he will be
playing several dates with his side project Ascension Of The Watchers
before Fear Factory hits the road on a national headlining tour that
starts October 28th.

Bell, who formed Ascension Of The Watchers with John Bechdel of
Killing Joke and False Icons, will play four special-engagement
performances in the New York and Pennsylvania areas. Kicking off in
Pittsburgh, PA on October 15th, the tour will run through the end of
the month and will feature special guests False Icons and Still Life
Decay.

Touring in support of the recent release of their five-song EP
ICONOCLAST which is available through their web site
http://www.ascensionofthewatchers.com/ , Ascension Of The Watchers is
an unsigned project that seeks to provide music to its fans through
the Internet. The new CD contains original art work and photographs by
Bell.

Check out Ascension Of The Watchers this month at the following
venues.

Sat. 10/15/05 - Pittsburgh, PA - Z-Lounge
Sun. 10/16/05 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
Mon. 10/17/05 - New York, NY - Sin-e'
Thu. 10/20/05 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar

For more information about Ascension Of The Watchers or Fear Factory,
visit http://www.ascensionofthewatchers.com/ and
http://www.fearfactory.com/ .

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-Spitfire Records To Release KINGS OF DAMNATION: 98-04

Definitive Zakk Wylde Retrospective Features Early Solo Work Including
Pride And Glory And BOOK OF SHADOWS

Zakk Wylde: a name synonymous with guitar greatness. From the moment
he was selected at the age of 19 to create thunder by the side of the
incomparable Ozzy Osbourne, to his illustrious career as frontman of
Black Label Society, Zakk has been blowing speakers and minds. With
his God-given musical virtuosity, signature bullseye-style Les Paul
guitars, badass denim and leather dress code and wild golden mane of
barbarian locks, Zakk is nothing less than iconic. Realizing the
importance and impact of such a momentous artist, Spitfire Records and
Eagle Rock Entertainment felt that it was only fitting to assemble the
ultimate Zakk Wylde collection, KINGS OF DAMNATION: 98-04.

KINGS OF DAMNATION 98-04 features tracks spanning Zakk Wylde's entire
career, including his first trio, Pride And Glory, and Black Label
Society. With tracks such as "Stillborn," "The Blessed Hellride,"
"Horse Called War," "Crazy Or High," "Between Heaven And Hell," "Sold
My Soul" and many more available for the first time ever on the same
disc, Zakk's skill as a songwriter and the impressive body of work
Black Label Society has accumulated over the years is well-showcased.
Also included are "Doomsday Inc" and "SDMF," both previously
unreleased and available here for the very first time. KINGS OF
DAMNATION: 98-04 is a history lesson in the career of one of the
greatest metal guitarists ever.

A complete track listing for KINGS OF DAMNATION: ERA 98-04 includes:

Losing Your Mind
Horse Called War
Between Heaven And Hell
Sold My Soul
Bleed For Me
Taz
Counterfeit God
Stronger Than Death
Speedball
Demise Of Sanity
We Live No More
Still Born
The Blessed Hellride
Crazy Or High
House Of Doom
Takillya
Doomsday Inc
SDMF

Please visit http://www.spitfirerecords.com/ .

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-Frankie J Sings "More Than Words" On The Expanded DualDisc Of THE ONE

As Second Album from the Pop/R&B Superstar Approaches Platinum Status,
Frankie J Adds Soulful Version Of the Pop Hit Plus Videos for
"Obsession (No Es Amor)," "How To Deal" as well as "More Than Words"

THE ONE Expanded DualDisc In Stores October 11

Frankie J Puts Finishing Touches on Spanish-Language Album Due Out
This Winter

LOS ANGELES -- With his second album, THE ONE, approaching the
platinum milestone, Frankie J's recent American tour became a victory
lap for the singer and songwriter. Powered by a string of hit singles
-- "Obsession (No Es Amor)," "How To Deal" and the title track -- the
album debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, was
certified Gold by the RIAA two months after its release and
established Frankie as a Pop/R&B superstar. On October 11, Columbia
Records will release an expanded DualDisc version of THE ONE that
includes Frankie's soulful version of Extreme's early '90s hit, "More
Than Words."

The cover was inspired by a recent show in Boston where Frankie was
asked to play an extra song to buy time for Will Smith, who was
running late for his performance. With no idea what song to play, Andy
Quinn, Frankie's guitarist and friend since high school, suggested
"More Than Words," a song they used to play together at talent shows
and coffee shops. "We hadn't played that song in years, and we didn't
know if we could pull it off or if the crowd would even be into it.
Sometimes you just have to get on stage and roll the dice," Frankie
recalls. "As soon as Andy played that opening lick, the crowd went
bananas. Everyone was screaming and singing along with me. It was
probably the most beautiful moment I've had on stage in my life."

Destined to spark many romances at upcoming homecoming dances, the
heartfelt love song and accompanying video will only be available on
the expanded DualDisc for THE ONE. The audio side features the entire
hit album along with four bonus tracks including "Don't Wanna Try,"
the smash hit from his 2003 solo debut WHAT'S A MAN TO DO?, the hit
single "Suga Suga," a collaboration with rapper Baby Bash, the Spanish
version of "Obsession (No Es Amor) and "More Than Words."

The DVD side contains the entire album in PCM Stereo, sizzling
performance footage recorded during Frankie's appearance on "TRL," an
in-depth documentary along with videos for "Obsession (No Es Amor),"
"How To Deal" and "More Than Words," which features Frankie singing to
Dayanara Torres (Miss Universe 1993).

Frankie also recorded a Spanish version of "More Than Words," which
will appear on his upcoming Spanish-language album, UN NUEVO DIA
(English translation: A New Day) (January 31, 2006). Featuring
different styles of music like R&B, pop, rock and ballads sung in
Spanish, Frankie says UN NUEVO DIA is a return to not only his Latin
heritage but also his musical roots. "I want to show people what I'm
capable of as an artist. I was brought up listening to all kinds of
music and this album shows that I'm at home singing anything. This new
album is about me being who I am."

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-Liquor And Poker News

Fireball Ministry announces three fall missions; new CD available for
pre-order

Having just completed a five-week nationwide tour alongside CKY, the
Los Angeles-based hard rock quartet Fireball Ministry (
http://www.fireballministry.com/ ) -- whose new album, THEIR ROCK IS
NOT OUR ROCK, will be released on Oct. 18 -- will return to the road
next week for back-to-back fall tours.

Beginning on Sunday (Oct. 9), the group will support Opeth -- whose
Roadrunner Records debut recently debuted at #64 on the Billboard Top
200 -- for three weeks. The first two weeks of the tour will also
feature Hydra Head recording artists Pelican; the remaining shows will
see Century Media cult heroes Nevermore in the direct support slot. On
Nov. 1, Fireball Ministry will then join CKY in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. for
the second leg of the Adio Footwear-sponsored "Rock Adio" tour. That
leads into five shows alongside H.I.M., Finch and Skindred on the
"Viva La Bands" tour, sponsored by MTV, Revolver, Saturn and the
compilation of the same name.

"We're very excited about going out again, and about the possibility
of making some new friends," says guitarist/vocalist James A. Rota II.
"We're equally excited to be going out with our old friends CKY
because the first leg went so well. It's great to be playing new
material for people. We're very proud of our new record and hope it
will inspire other people to have a good time."

Fireball Ministry -- who performed a Michigan show alongside Judas
Priest two weeks ago -- recently shot a video for "Sundown" (MP3 -
http://www.liquorandpokermusic.com/mp3/fireball_sundown.mp3 ), the
first single from THEIR ROCK..., their third full-length (and Liquor
And Poker Music debut). Directed by Brandon Trost (Josh Todd, Old
97's), "Sundown" -- which Rota describes as being "in the vein of a
classic rock video, one not to be taken ironically" -- will premiere
on MTV2 and Fuse later this month.

Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Queens Of
The Stone Age) and engineered by Mike Terry (Black Rebel Motorcycle
Club, Ash, Halford), THEIR ROCK... -- Fireball Ministry's first album
featuring new bassist Johny Chow (ex-Systematic) -- will be featured
in the November issue of FHM as one of "three new albums worth the
money." The magazine goes on to describe the group's sound as "like
Motorhead high-fiving Black Sabbath at a biker orgy."

To celebrate their fall touring alongside CKY and Opeth, CM Distro is
offering THEIR ROCK... -- which comes in an embossed deluxe Digipak
and includes a free 14-track Liquor And Poker Music sampler -- for a
special pre-order price of $10 (including shipping). True fans have
the option of adding on an exclusive new Fireball Ministry t-shirt for
only $10 more (again, including shipping). Additionally, all customers
who order by Oct. 17 will be entered to win one of 10 autographed
Fireball posters. To take advantage of the CD and t-shirt specials,
visit http://www.cmdistro.com/ .

The Thieves complete third U.S. tour of 2005 and plan a fourth; new CD
in stores now

After criss-crossing America for the third time this year (including a
week's worth of shows with labelmates Nebula), The Thieves (
http://www.thebandofthieves.com/ ) -- whose new album, TALES FROM THE
WHITE LINE, is now available -- have returned home. (These days, home
means Los Angeles, although the group originally hails from Oxford,
England.) However, the band already has plans to return to the road,
as you can't keep a good thief down...much less a band of them. See
below for their itinerary.

The trio's American debut, TALES FROM THE WHITE LINE follows on the
heels of last year's acclaimed WHITE LINE EP, which earned praise from
prominent publications (L.A. Times, Guitar World, etc.)
coast-to-coast. Recorded at L.A.'s Royaltone Studios (Audioslave, No
Doubt) and produced and engineered by fellow Brit Chris Brown
(Radiohead, Muse), the album is AC/DC on acid, Pink Floyd on uppers,
The Who on a pub crawl. And while The Thieves are but one of many
British exports to the U.S. in recent years, one listen to their
infectious blend of garage rock, power chords and Britpop proves that
they are not simply just another faceless
new-wave-of-this-or-that-bollocks, nor are they darlings to the latest
trend. Simply put, they rawk like a proper British rock band was
always supposed to.

To order TALES FROM THE WHITE LINE -- featuring the Giant
magazine-approved "ridiculously rocking and catchy" first single
"Gimme Some Lip" (MP3 -
http://www.liquorandpokermusic.com/mp3/thieves_gimme.mp3 ) -- visit
http://www.cmdistro.com/ .

Liquor And Poker gets enlightened by The Illuminati

In recent weeks, Liquor And Poker Music has walked through fire and
stared down a band of thieves, but now the label has finally seen the
light.

The newest addition to the upstart rock label's roster is the Toronto
turbo-charged boogie rock trio The Illuminati (
http://www.theilluminati.net/ ), but the group -- guitarist Les
Godfrey, bassist Nick Sewell and drummer Jim Gering -- have actually
had clandestine talks with Liquor And Poker for more than a year now.
Six months ago, the band even performed at the label's inaugural South
By Southwest showcase in Austin, Texas, when their recording contract
had only a few i's left to be dotted.

But the best things in life are worth waiting for, and as the toast of
a burgeoning Toronto rock scene also featuring Danko Jones, Death From
Above 1979 and Liquor And Poker's own Crash Kelly, The Illuminati fit
that description to a T. The group -- who just completed a Canadian
tour -- has been praised by nearly every publication of note in the
Great White North, from major national newspapers and music
publications, to multiple appearances on Much Music and RefusedTV.

Now, America will finally have the chance to experience the band's
psychedelic hard rock. In October, the group will play alongside Death
From Above 1979 -- the opening act on the upcoming Nine Inch
Nails/Queens Of The Stone Age tour -- at two sold-out Los Angeles-area
concerts. They will serve as the "record release" shows for their new
self-titled EP, which can be pre-ordered for only $3 at the Liquor and
Poker Music website ( http://www.liquorandpokermusic.com/ ), its
standout "On My Way Back Home...Again" (MP3 -
http://www.liquorandpokermusic.com/mp3/illuminati_onmywaybackhomeagain.mp3
; video -
http://www.theilluminati.net/video/TheIlluminati_OnMyWay_320x240.mov )
has been posted. The group will then embark on a Canadian tour
alongside Crash Kelly and The Black Halos (see below for more
information).

The Black Halos "Old Skars And Upstarts" tour forges on; new video now
online

In spite of inclement weather and a rotating cast of performers, The
Black Halos ( http://www.blackhalos.net/ ) are soldiering onward with
the Juice magazine-sponsored "Old Skars And Upstarts" tour, headlined
by Duane Peters' Die Hunns. Although several shows in the southeast
had to be canceled because of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the tour
resumed in Texas last week before heading west. The group will then
return to Canada for a three-week tour.

While in Los Angeles recently, the Halos shot a video for "Three
Sheets From The Wind" (MP3 -
http://www.liquorandpokermusic.com/mp3/BlackHalos_3sheets.mp3 ), the
first single from new album ALIVE WITHOUT CONTROL, with producer Shane
Drake (Fall Out Boy, Trivium). The must-see clip turns the table on
the peep show concept, with scantily-clad girls serving as the paying
customers. To watch the video before it premieres on the networks,
visit Liquor And Poker Music's Myspace page at
http://www.myspace.com/liquorandpokermusic/ . (Kleenex not included.)

Crash Kelly completes new album; performs with Motley Crue

After a sold-out performance alongside Motley Crue and Sum 41 in their
Toronto hometown, Crash Kelly ( http://www.crashkelly.ca/ ) -- who
recently toured North America with Backyard Babies and Chelsea Smiles
-- will return to the road next month, when they tour Canada alongside
The Illuminati and The Black Halos. In other news, front man Sean
Kelly recently visited Los Angeles to put the finishing touches on the
group's as-yet-untitled second album with producer Gilby Clarke
(ex-Guns N' Roses). Also, look for a feature on Sean in the new issue
of Guitar Player, which recently named him one of 10 finalists for
their first-ever "Guitar Hero" competition.

The Black Halos, Crash Kelly, The Illuminati team up for Canadian tour

We don't mean to sound like a broken record, but rock fans in the
Great White North will soon have the opportunity to experience a
hat-trick of Liquor And Poker's finest in the same place at the same
time, when The Black Halos, The Illuminati and Crash Kelly team up for
a brief Canadian tour. In addition to the bands' own merchandise,
Liquor And Poker Music swag will be available at all shows; there will
also be giveaways and meet-and-greets, but bring your own Molson and
Moosehead, eh.

Nebula returns from nationwide tour; new album nearing completion

Acclaimed L.A. cosmic rock trio Nebula ( http://www.nebulamusic.com/ )
just completed a three-week nationwide tour that saw them sharing
stages with such groups as The Thieves, Honky, Nashville Pussy and
Zeke, as well as performing a CMJ showcase in New York City at the
legendary CBGB's nightclub. Before leaving home, the group played the
annual Sunset Junction festival in Silver Lake, Calif., alongside the
likes of New York Dolls, Eagles Of Death Metal and Burning Brides.
That show came on the heels of Nebula's performance at the ESPN
X-Games a few weeks earlier.

In other news, the group has finished recording APOLLO, the follow-up
to the 2003 critical favorite ATOMIC RITUAL. Produced by Daniel Rey
(Ramones, Misfits, L7) and recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders
(Danzig, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers), the album -- which
will be released in early 2006 -- will include songs such as "Loose
Cannon," "Fever Frey," "The Alchemist" and "Lightbringer." A demo
version of the latter is available on the new Liquor And Poker Music
label sampler, THE BEST DAMN ROCK N' ROLL SAMPLER EVER! Vol. 2," which
is available free with any purchase at
http://www.liquorandpokermusic.com/ . (It's also a free bonus CD
available inside the new Fireball Ministry album.)

Liquor And Poker's inaugural CMJ showcase a rousing success

Six months after hosting the biggest party at South By Southwest,
Liquor And Poker Music held its inaugural showcase at the CMJ Music
Marathon at The Continental in New York City on Sept. 15. Fireball
Ministry headlined an explosive, debauchery-laden night of great music
from the next generation of rock stars. Also turning in great
performances were The Black Halos, Crash Kelly, The Thieves and The
Illuminati. Liquor And Poker is already planning its return to Austin,
so expect details about its second SXSW showcase in the coming months.

Become a part of the Liquor And Poker team!

We love playing with ourselves, but it's so much more fun to play with
others, so we're looking for one dedicated rock fan to join our team.
The position is based in the Los Angeles-area, and although we don't
yet have a catchy job title in mind, your duties would include
promotion, marketing and publicity. Perks include more free music than
any one person could ever feasibly listen to, as well as the
opportunity to actually get paid to answer the phone by saying,
"Liquor And Poker." Industry experience is of course a plus.
Interested candidates can e-mail a resume to
bouncer@....

Liquor And Poker in your town!

Come and see the show...

THE BLACK HALOS

10/6 - Unity Skateboards - Livermore, CA w/ Die Hunns
10/8 - Echo - Silver Lake, CA w/ The Avengers
10/11 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
10/13 - Sports Action Lounge - Kamloops, BC
10/14 - Victory Lounge - Edmonton, AB
10/15 - The Hi-Fi - Calgary, AB
10/16 - The Exchange - Regina, SK
10/17 - The Roxy - Saskatoon, SK
10/18 - Royal Albert Hotel - Winnipeg, MB
10/19 - Killroy's - Thunder Bay, ON
10/22 - Clark Hall Pub - Kingston, ON
10/25 - Call the Office - London, ON w/ Crash Kelly and Illuminati
10/26 - Underground - Hamilton, ON w/ Crash Kelly and Illuminati
10/27 - Zaphod's - Ottawa, ON w/ Crash Kelly and Illuminati
10/28 - Le Swimming - Montreal, QC w/ Crash Kelly and Illuminati
10/29 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON w/ Crash Kelly and Illuminati

CRASH KELLY
w/ The Black Halos and The Illuminati

10/25 - Call the Office - London, ON
10/26 - Underground - Hamilton, ON
10/27 - Zaphod's - Ottawa, ON
10/28 - Le Swimming - Montreal, QC
10/29 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON

FIREBALL MINISTRY
w/ Opeth, Pelican (* Nevermore replaces Pelican)

10/9 - Marquee Theatre - Phoenix, AZ
10/10 - House Of Blues - Hollywood, CA
10/11 - Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
10/12 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
10/14 - Commodore - Vancouver, BC (Canada)
10/15 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
10/17 - Lo-Fi Café - Salt Lake City, UT
10/18 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
10/20 - Trees - Dallas, TX
10/21 - Meridian - Houston, TX
10/22 - White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
10/24 - Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS*
10/25 - Pop's - St. Louis, MO*
10/26 - House Of Blues - Chicago, IL*
10/27 - Harpo's - Detroit, MI*
10/28 - Opera House - Toronto, ON (Canada)*
10/29 - Medley - Montreal, QC (Canada)*
10/30 - Palladium - Worcester, MA*

w/ CKY, The Knives

11/1 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
11/2 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
11/4 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
11/5 - Freebird Live - Jacksonville, FL
11/6 - House Of Blues - Orlando, FL
11/7 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/9 - Beta Bar - Tallahassee, FL
11/10 - Juanita's - Little Rock, AR
11/12 - La Zona Rosa - Austin, TX
11/15 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
11/16 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM

w/ H.I.M., Skindred, Finch

11/19 - House of Blues - Atlantic City, NJ
11/21 - Norva - Norfolk, VA
11/22 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
11/23 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
11/24 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA

THE ILLUMINATI
w/ Death From Above 1979

10/12 - Glass House - Pomona, CA
10/13 - El Rey - Los Angeles, CA

w/ The Black Halos and Crash Kelly

10/25 - Call the Office - London, ON
10/26 - Underground - Hamilton, ON
10/27 - Zaphod's - Ottawa, ON
10/28 - Le Swimming - Montreal, QC
10/29 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON

THE THIEVES

11/2 - Winston's - San Diego, CA
11/3 - King King - Los Angeles, CA
11/4 - Downtown Brew - San Luis Obispo, CA
11/6 - Red Devil Lounge - San Francisco, CA
11/7 - Jazz Bones - Tacoma, WA
11/8 - Dantes - Portland, OR
11/10 - High Dive - Seattle, WA
11/11 - Necrolux - Boise, ID
11/14 - Bender's Tavern - Denver, CO
11/16 - Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS
11/17 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL
11/19 - Red Eyed Fly - Austin, TX

For The Bones' European tour dates, visit
http://www.bonesrocknroll.com/ ; for The Hellacopters' European tour
dates, visit http://www.hellacopters.com/site/theshows.asp .

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-Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Returns This Halloween

In Its Second Season, Snider Says This Year Will Be Bigger Than Last

Van Helsing's Curse, the classical/rock music brainchild of Twisted
Sister frontman Dee Snider, is back this Halloween bringing its
horror-inspired ambience to the stage throughout the month of October.

Playing in select cities through the 31st, Snider's masterpiece
promises to, once again, take audiences through a visceral journey of
the senses with a new haunting show that brings the troupe's famous
album, OCULUS INFERNUM (KOCH Records, 2003) to life through
spell-binding theatrics.

The music, which is performed live by an 18-piece orchestra, a choir
and a rock band, pairs heart-pounding, terrifying original
compositions with clever re-workings of such memorable classic pieces
as Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" (made famous by "The Exorcist"
film), Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," and more and reaches its
ominous climax with a spine-chilling cover version of Black Sabbath's
classic "Black Sabbath."

Snider will host each date of the tour, providing narration and
setting the tone for the performances and promises audiences that this
year will be even bigger than last. "This is a very visual entity. The
string section is going to be old school Goths, made-up and dressed
accordingly, with flowing dresses, velvet jackets and ruffled shirts
while the electric section will be very new-school, 'Hellraiser' meets
Marilyn Manson, from the hair to the makeup and attire. Our choir will
be a group of druids with hooded robes and skewed faces."

Enthused about the widespread possibilities for the Van Helsing's
Curse project, Snider says "As the creator for Van Helsing's Curse, I
think the original vision is far-reaching. I see us establishing Van
Helsing's Curse as a significant yearly Halloween experience and a
musical part of that experience. Right now, for the most part,
people's Halloween activities include visiting a haunt, going trick or
treating, going to a Halloween party or watching horror movie
marathons. But the musical element is sorely lacking, and Van
Helsing's Curse provides that soundtrack for people's Halloween. It's
definitely a far-reaching concept that can translate into TV,
videogames, theater, movies, etc., but it all starts here with the
music and our upcoming tour."

A lifelong fan of horror, Snider first made a foray into the genre
writing, producing and starring in the successful cult film
"StrangeLand" and its accompanying soundtrack. A sequel to the film is
currently in production. In 2000, Dee entrenched himself further in
the world of horror by narrating a documentary/retrospect home video
regarding the making of the movie "Halloween."

Van Helsing's Curse will be hitting the following cities this
Halloween.

October 27th - Detroit, MI - Emerald Theatre*
October 28th - Philadelphia, PA - Keswick Theatre*
October 29th - Long Island, NY - Patchogue Theatre*
October 30th - Asbury Park, NJ - Paramount Theatre

*Two show engagements.

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-Combat Records Ecards Now Available!

Combat Records has posted new ecards for three of its acts with recent
releases: Look What I Did, Horse The Band, and At All Cost.

Look What I Did hail from Los Angeles by way of Nashville and have
built their reputation on their hands on promotion. The band will be
on the road rest of the year and released their latest work MINUTEMAN
FOR THE MOMENT this week. Check out Look What I Did's ecard here:

http://kochstreams.hostcentric.com/lwid

Horse The Band, named by Alternative Press as one of the 100 bands to
watch in 2005, recently released their sophomore album THE MECHANICAL
HAND and will be on the road this fall and winter. The band is often
described as an experimental Nintendo based hardcore band. Check out
Horse The Band's ecard here:

http://kochstreams.hostcentric.com/htb

At All Cost fuse the intensity of metal and the energy of rock with
the ideology of a progressive movement. Hailing from Austin, TX, At
All Cost recently released their latest album IT'S TIME TO DECIDE.
Tour dates coming soon. Check out At All Cost's ecard here:

http://kochstreams.hostcentric.com/aac

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-Norwegian Industrial Rock Band Mortiis Hits America Hard On Blackest
Of The Black Tour

BOISE, Idaho -- One week into the Blackest Of The Black Tour, the
iniquitous Norwegian industrial rock band Mortiis has been greeted by
a fervent response from American audiences.

"The response has been amazing so far," said Mortiis' frontman and
namesake. "We've been playing in front of about 1,000 people every
night."

NEO in Chicago will host an aftershow/DVD release party for Mortiis'
upcoming SOUL IN A HOLE DVD following this Monday's show at that
city's House Of Blues. The party will run from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. There
is no cover. NEO is located at 2350 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Ill.
60614. (773) 528-2622

Mortiis began his journey down an ever-evolving path in the early '90s
as a singular mastermind who a decade later would be the namesake of
Mortiis' full-band incarnation. Mortiis -- the man and the band --
have traveled many musical paths over the course of their career, with
each release stepping further away from the last and expanding into
new territories. The Mortiis of today takes the darkness of the
earlier ambient creations and fuses it with deep-seated anger and
aggression. THE GRUDGE, Mortiis's latest release, is a twisted mixture
of electronics, fierce guitars, and hard-hitting drumming.

The Blackest Of The Black line-up features Danzig (joined by former
Misfit Doyle), Chimaira, Behemoth, Himsa, and The Agony Scene.

Blackest Of The Black Tour 2005 dates:

10/07/05 Fri. - The Big Easy, Boise, ID
10/08/05 Sat. - Valley Ice Garden, Bozeman, MT
10/10/05 Mon. - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
10/11/05 Tue. - Harpo's, Detroit, MI
10/12/05 Wed. - House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
10/14/05 Fri. - The Dome Theatre, Niagara Falls, NY
10/15/05 Sat. - The Medley, Montreal, QUE, Canada
10/17/05 Mon. - Nokia Theatre, New York, NY
10/18/05 Tue. - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI
10/19/05 Wed. - House Of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ
10/21/05 Fri. - Earthlink Live, Atlanta, GA
10/22/05 Sat. - Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
10/23/05 Sun. - The Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL
10/25/05 Tue. - Club V, Houston, TX
10/26/05 Wed. - Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie, TX
10/27/05 Thu. - Graham Central Station, San Antonio, TX
10/29/05 Sat. - Gibson Amphitheatre @ Universal City Walk, Universal
City, CA

http://www.mortiis.com/
http://www.earache.com/
http://www.danzig-verotik.com/
http://www.mazurpr.com/

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-Martin Popoff Releases "Rainbow: English Castle Magic"!

The Man In Black...

His name is Ritchie Blackmore and his reputation is legion. But is it
warranted? Find out now, as we look at the man's career as reigning
lord over the constantly evolving consortium of monster talents known
as Rainbow.

Ronnie James Dio, Joe Lynn Turner, Graham Bonnet, Roger Glover, Tony
Carey, Bobby Rondinelli, Bob Daisley, Jimmy Bain, Doogie White, and of
course Ritchie himself... they all get their say through pages and
pages of previously unpublished interview footage, on what makes the
Man In Black tick, his pranks, his sly hirings and swift firings.

And of course, there's the music. From the raw and fiery Dio years,
through the classic DOWN TO EARTH album, the smooth crooning Joe Lynn
Turner era and into one final under-rated record fronted by Doogie
White, it's all examined here... track by track, fascinating tale by
trick.

Rainbow is the band that wrote "Man On The Silver Mountain,"
"Sixteenth Century Greensleeves," "Stargazer," "A Light In The Black,"
"Tarot Woman," "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll," "Gates Of Babylon," "All
Night Long," "Eyes Of The World," "Spotlight Kid," "Can't Happen
Here," "Stone Cold," "Street Of Dreams," "Can't Let You Go" and
"Hunting Humans," and this is the book you should read to find out
WHY!

The book is 227 pages, and the format is album by album, song by song
-- there aren't any songs, from the debut through to STRANGER IN US
ALL, that don't get talked about by Martin or the guys or both. In and
around that though, there is lots of tour talk, gettin' inside the
guys' heads, as well as some documentation of the post-Rainbow
Blackmore's Night band, interview footage with both Ritchie and
Candice included. Also included is a full band discography; song
titles as well.

http://www.martinpopoff.com/

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-Mad Margritt News

Here are a few links to some recent Mad Margritt interviews & CD
reviews.

Sleaze-Metal.Com interview with Mad Margritt vocalist Eddie Smith
(the top part of the page is the German version, scroll down for the
English version)
http://www.sleaze-metal.com/interviews.html?do=view&id=141

STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART review by Brian Rademacher of Rock Eyez
http://www.rockeyez.com/reviews/cd/madmargritt/rev-straightthroughtheheart.html

STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART review by Scott H. Platt of Ear Candy
(Mad Margritt is the 3rd review from the top)
http://www.earcandymag.com/reviews32.htm

Upcoming Shows

Friday, October 14 - The Dixie Tavern - Marietta, GA
Saturday, October 15 - Caps - Bremen, GA
Friday, October 21 - Locos - Newnan, GA
Saturday, October 22 - Locos - Carrollton, GA
Saturday, October 29 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Augusta, GA
Friday & Saturday, November 4-5 - The Office - Norcross, GA
Friday, November 11 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Greenville, SC
Saturday, November 12 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Charleston, SC
Friday, November 18 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Asheville, NC
Saturday, November 19 - Caps - Bremen, GA
Friday, November 25 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Augusta, GA
Saturday, November 26 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Wilmington, NC
Saturday, December 3 - Ri Ra - Raleigh, NC
Friday, December 9 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Mt. Pleasant, SC
Saturday, December 10 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Greenville, SC
Friday, December 16 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Hilton Head, SC
Saturday, December 17 - Caps - Bremen, GA
Friday, December 23 - El Azteca - Macon, GA
Saturday, December 31 - The Wild Wing Cafe - Augusta, GA (NEW YEAR'S
EVE BASH!!!)

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-Starwood News!!

L.A. based Starwood are playing some shows in Japan including a party
for the Hair product (manic panic). October 28th - November 3rd;
venues to be announced. http://www.starwood-band.com/touring.htm

In other news, Starwood are in pre-production for the follow up to IF
IT AIN'T BROKE, BREAK IT! and will start recording when they return
from Japan with a release sometime early in the new year.

Also, check out the new Starwood video for the song "Bad Machine"
("Bad Machine" is on Starwood's breakout release IF IT AIN'T BROKE,
BREAK IT! available everywhere.)

Click here to Watch:
http://www.starwood-band.com/video/badmachine-video.htm

Website Info.

Offical Starwood Website
http://www.starwood-band.com/

Starwood on Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/starwood/

Order Starwood CD
Starwood - IF IT AIN'T BROKE, BREAK IT! is in stores World-wide!
Order CD here > http://www.starwood-band.com/merchandise.htm

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-Lion Music News October 2005

Hello Friends!

Here comes some brief news from Lion Music.

Listeria will celebrate their debut album FULL OF FIRE on Lion Music
at Live Club Klakson ( http://www.klakson.it/ ) - v.Piave1/b -
Montecavolo (Reggio Emilia) - Italy on October 27th. Listeria will
perform some songs from the FULL OF FIRE album and jam with friends
and special guests (tba). Simone Fiorletta who just released his
amazing solo album PARALLEL WORLDS is one of the special guests
appearing at this night.

Our new releases are:

ROB VAN DER LOO'S FREAK NEIL INC. - CHARACTERS
Genre - Progressive Metal
Released - October 21st 2005

Freak Neil Inc. is the new project from Sun Caged bassist Rob van der
Loo. CHARACTERS is modern progressive metal with a highly original
unique sound performed by a stunning assembly of many of the finest
musicians on the modern progressive metal scene.

The album (produced by Joost van den Broek) tells the story of several
different characters who have to deal with their own frustrations in
life. Since each character is unique the album contains several
different musical styles to reflect their personalities. In a few
words the music can be described as: Dark, raw, loud and most of all
weird!

DOGPOUND - A NIGHT IN THE GUTTER
Genre - Melodic Hard Rock
Released - October 21st 2005

Swedish melodic metal sensations Dogpound unleash their second album A
NIGHT IN THE GUTTER which delivers soaring melodic vocals combined
with a grooving modern edge to convey a sound that is unique to the
band.

The powerful vocals of Henrik "Hea" Andersson drive the music with
rich melodies and classic harmonisation that blends with the crunchy
and melodic guitar work of Mikael "Micke" Dahlqvist to stunning
effect. This is further enhanced by the burning rhythm section of
Fredric "Figge" Danielsson on bass and the drums of Calle "Tuka"
Boman.

MILAN POLAK - GUITAR ODYSSEY
Genre - Rock Metal Guitar Instrumental
Released - October 21st 2005

GUITAR ODYSSEY is a new version of Milan Polak's sold out debut
release GUITAR 2001 (originally released in 1995) with new packaging
and a bonus track. GUITAR ODYSSEY follows his universally critically
acclaimed DREAMSCAPES.

Lion Music's new edition sees improved sound, all new packaging and
great artwork as well as a special bonus track in a demo version of
"Where Were You Tomorrow."

LOCOMOTIVE BREATH - CHANGE OF TRACK
Genre - Melodic Hard Rock
Released - October 21st 2005

CHANGE OF TRACK is the third release by Swedish melodic metal band
Locomotive Breath and their debut on Lion Music. On the new album
CHANGE OF TRACK singer Mattias and founder/guitarist Janne Stark have
collaborated more in the song writing process, which definitely shows
on the material. The songs are still heavy and guitar driven, but with
a stronger melodic feel and choruses that stick like epoxy.

CHANGE OF TRACK contains catchy melodies as well as biting guitar work
and heavy riffing and proves the Scandie Metal Scene is still
thriving.

OUR NOVEMBER 11 RELEASES:

LARS ERIC MATTSSON - EARTHBOUND
Lars' first all instrumental solo album since 1991.

BRAVE NEW WORLD - MONSTERS
Fantastic melodic hard rock release from a fine UK band.

DE GLADAS KAPELL - SPELAR NILSSON
A Classic masterpiece of Swedish progressive rock from 1978 for the
first time on CD. Featuring: Coste Apetrea, Stefan Nilsson, Peter
Sundell, Georg Wadenius... This is a true gem for all lovers of
instrumental progressive rock.

IAIN ASHLEY HERSEY - THE HOLY GRAIL
Killer classic hard rock release in the vein of Rainbow. Iain has
teamed up with some excellent musicians and singers such as Graham
Bonnet and Carsten "Lizard" Schulz.

Please note that these will be our last releases for this year, but we
will be back again in 2006 with a big selection of exciting releases,
for instance these artists will have new material out:

TEARS OF ANGER
WINTERLONG
WATERCLIME
ZEELION
LALU
SECTION A
SUN CAGED
BOOK OF REFLECTIONS
COSTE APETREA
HUBI MEISEL
JOHN MACALUSO'S UNION RADIO
ARABESQUE
VII GATES
SECTION A
MARCEL COENEN
HOUSE OF SHAKIRA
MIND'S EYE

Please check out our website for more news!

All the best
Lion Music
http://www.lionmusic.com/

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-Tigertailz Cult Albums Finally Get American Release

NEW YORK, NY -- In 1990 Welsh hard rock heroes Tigertailz unleashed an
album that would raise the standard for independent metal albums of
the era. BEZERK, released on the UK's Music for Nations imprint,
featured such anthems as "Noize Level Critical," "Sick Sex" and the
band's calling card, "Love Bomb Baby," all of which helped fuel the
album to over a quarter of a million worldwide sales as well as MTV
attention, Gallup (UK) charting singles and two Top 3 home videos.
"That was one hell of a time," reflects guitarist, Jay Pepper. "It
seemed like just about everything was going our way -- the only market
that eluded us, oddly enough, was America!"

Fifteen years later, Sanctuary Music has finally made that realization
a reality with the North American release of not only BEZERK but that
album's followup, BANZAI (a Japanese only compilation released through
Sony Music in 1991) on October 11 at a special sale price of $10.99
each. Frontman Kim Hooker says, "Finally our American fans will be
able to walk into a record store and be able to pick up our albums and
not have to wait for them to arrive from an import shop someplace. I'm
thinking of flying over there just so I can do that myself!"

Recently featured in Classic Rock magazine as part of their "Welcome
Back..." series via an interview with bassist, Pepsi Tate, Tigertailz
have also completed work on the long awaited BEZERK 2.0 and are
looking to do shows Stateside in mid 2006.

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-This Week On United Rock

New Music:

AIDEN - The Last Sunrise
EDGUY - Superheroes
PRIMAL FEAR - Seven Seals
REQUIEM - Painting The Wind
SCARS OF TOMORROW - Murderers And Madmen
SEVENDUST - Ugly
TIGERTAILZ - Murderess
THE TOSSERS - Good Morning Da

Artist Of The Month: Waltham

Unsigned Act Of The Month: Backseat Superstars

INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK:

Tuesday, Oct 11. - 10:00am PST - MANIC EGO introduces new indie
rockers i-94 by talking with drummer Danny Martin (ex-Bottlefly)
Wednesday, Oct 12. - 6:00pm PST - Native speaks to Edguy's Jens Ludwig
for The Native and Mammal Show.
Thursday. Oct. 13 - 10:00am PST - Step into the mind of Dope's Edsel
Dope with MANIC EGO

CURRENT CONTEST - Three (3) copies of i-94's debut album, DON'T GET
NERVOUS are up for grabs. Visit http://www.unitedrock.com/ for
details.

Jas was the winner of the Tigertailz BEZERK and BANZAI CD package.

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-Visions Of Atlantis Announce New Female Singer

Nicole Bogner is to leave the band with immediate effect. Due to the
changes in her personal and professional life, Nicole Bogner & Visions
Of Atlantis have decided to go separate ways from now on. The split
with the female singer happened in friendship, and VoA want to thank
Nicole for everthing she has done with and for the band.

Visions Of Atlantis announce the professional soprano singer Melissa
Ferlaak as the new female singer.

Melissa Ferlaak, 26 from Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduated with a
Master's Degree from New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts
in 2003 for vocal performance.

She has worked in the operatic field, most recently as Musetta in "La
Boheme," and has been singing with Aesma Daeva.

New VoA concerts are being scheduled at the moment, and the
songwriting for the upcoming album is almost finished!

http://www.visionsofatlantis.com/

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-Killer Metal Records Update

After All - New LP THE VERMIN BREED Out Now!!!
Killer Metal Records KMR-LP001 - Released 21.03.2005

For the recording of their 5th full length album THE VERMIN BREED,
After All teamed up again with producer Harris Johns at the
Spiderhouse Studio in Berlin. As the new After All material has grown
faster paced and more thrash oriented since the MERCURY RISING album,
After All chose Harris because of his recording experience with such
bands as Voivod, Kreator, Helloween and Sepultura. The new record
clearly displays the growth of the band, both live and in the studio.
The musical direction After All introduced on MERCURY RISING has now
been finetuned. That makes THE VERMIN BREED one sheer thrash attack.
After All signed a multi-album deal with German label Dockyard 1.
KILLER METAL RECORDS releases THE VERMIN BREED as a limited edition of
500 LPs on blue vinyl. The vinyl release will have exclusive artwork.
Street date is March 21st as well.

First 50 copies come with numbered and fully autographed 13 x 18 cm
band photo!!! Get your copy now!

Price: 15 EUR
Prices plus postage!

Send cash in registered letter or mail me at killermetalrec@... !

Payment possible by PayPal to haefnerjen@....

After All website: http://www.afterall.be/

Biography:

Since the release of their debut album in 1995, After All -- hailing
from Bruges (Belgium) -- have continuously worked on a strong oeuvre,
resulting in eight critically acclaimed CD and vinyl releases so far.
After All's sound is often described as thrash-laden, contemporary
metal.

Constant touring has provided the band with a strong live reputation
and a cult status in Belgium and Holland. In recent years, After All
shared the bill with such bands as Paradise Lost, Voivod, Saxon, Life
Of Agony, (hed) P.E., Tiamat, Therion, The Gathering, Anathema,
Tristania, Psychotic Waltz and Apocalyptica.

To promote the previous album MERCURY RISING, After All toured
throughout Europe in March 2003 as special guest of US metal veterans
Anthrax. In June After All embarked on a second European tour, this
time with Anthrax and Prong, and the band also played a couple of
shows as special guest of NWOBHM legends Angel Witch. To wrap up 2003
as After All's most succesful year so far, the band hit the road once
again in November. There were a couple of shows booked with US masters
of metal Agent Steel, followed by yet another European tour supporting
US metalheads Overkill and Seven Witches.

Check out our page at Myspace.com. It has an MP3-player with a couple
of tracks from the "Mercury Rising" and "The Vermin Breed" albums. For
your convenience! Visit the After All page at
http://www.myspace.com/afterallmetal .

More Killer Metal Records Releases:

Soldier - "Murderous Night" 7"
Killer Metal Records KMR-S001 - released June 2004

Soldier started in 1979 in the upcoming New Wave Of British Heavy
Metal. After the contribution "Storm Of Steel" to the first Heavy
Metal Records sampler the single "Sheralee" followed in 1982 on the
same label. In 2003 the band reappeared with the INFANTRYCIDE CD.

This is the second vinyl single of Soldier with the titles "Murderous
Night" and "I'm Taken In," bringing back the original sound of the
NWOBHM into the new millennium! Many fans of the genre wait for this
effort eagerly! 500 strongly limited copies, hand-numbered in red
vinyl!
Get your copy now!

Price: 7 EUR
Plus postage

Bankverbindung:
Jens Häfner, Raiffeisenbank Oldenburg eG, BLZ 280 602 28, Kto 502 524
900
BIC GENODEF1OL2 (all O are letters)
IBAN DE 93280602280502524900 (all 0 are numbers)

KILLER METAL RECORDS
Jens Häfner
Wolliner Str. 1
D-26215 Wiefelstede
GERMANY
killermetalrec@...
http://www.killermetalrecords.de/

Out On Killer Metal Records In Winter 2005:

Black Steel (AUS) - HELLHAMMER LP

Planned Releases On Killer Metal Records In 2006:

Conquest Of Steel - 7" - epic heavy metal from England
Ivory Night - heavy metal from Germany
Metalhead (D) heavy metal (traditional '80s) from Germany
Dragonheart (BR)

Killer Metal Records Bands:

After All - http://www.afterall.be/
Conquest Of Steel
Soldier - http://www.soldierstormtroopers.com/

Rock Hard, Massacre, Hellion and Heavy Oder Was!? Presents Keep It
True Festival V

05.November.2005
Lauda-Königshofen
Tauberfrankenhalle

VIRGIN STEELE, RAVEN, JAG PANZER, RUFFIANS, INTRUDER, SLOUGH FEG,
SKULLVIEW, STORMWARRIOR, FORSAKEN, IGNITOR
http://www.keep-it-true.de/

K.I.T. Warm-Up - Night Of The Blade

04.November.05 Sporthalle Dittigheim

ANVIL, POWERGOD (cover show), EMERALD (HOL), STRIKELIGHT

After All On Tour With Destruction And Candlemass

It's official: After All join the "Hellhoundz Of Doom And Thrash
Tour," with Destruction (D) and Candlemass (S), the band's second
European tour in support of THE VERMIN BREED...

The tour starts November 8th and brings After All to Switzerland,
Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Belgium. Thanks to Dragon
Productions for making it all happen!

These are the dates:

DESTRUCTION (D) + CANDLEMASS (S) + AFTER ALL + DEATHCHAIN (FIN)

08/11/2005 Pratteln (CH) - Z7
09/11/2005 Ludwigsburg (D) - Rockfabrik
10/11/2005 Bochum (D) - Zeche
11/11/2005 Aschaffenburg (D) - Colos-Saal
12/11/2005 Berlin (D) - Hof 23
13/11/2005 travel
14/11/2005 Helsinki (FIN) - Nosturi
15/11/2005 Oulu (FIN) - Teatria
16/11/2005 travel
17/11/2005 Oslo (N) - Sentrum Scene
18/11/2005 Trondheim (N) - Rosendal Scene
19/11/2005 Göteborg (S) - Karen
20/11/2005 Malmö (S) - KB
21/11/2005 Osnabrück (D) - N8
22/11/2005 travel
23/11/2005 Antwerp (B) - Hof Ter Lo

THE VERMIN BREED Released In Russia

Dockyard 1 has licensed THE VERMIN BREED to Soyuz Music in Russia,
with an expected release early September 2005.

SHOWS
01/10/2005 - Zuienkerke (B) - ROCKTOBER FESTIVAL
AFTER ALL + SEVERANCE + more

14/10/2005 - Roeselare (B) - ROESELARE LIVE FESTIVAL
AFTER ALL + DISTORTED + more

26/11/2005 - Mechelen (B) - METAAL GECENTREERD FESTIVAL IV
AFTER ALL + FLESH MADE SIN (NL) + CHALICE + more
show at 9.00 PM

26/11/2005 - Sint-Laureins (B) - SKULLFEST (Opsenter)
AFTER ALL + THE DIFFERENCE + more
show at 0.00 AM

Killer Metal Records
http://www.killermetalrecords.de/

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-Magick Records And Armageddon Music Present ARMAGEDDON OVER WACKEN
LIVE 2004

The Wacken Open Air festival is Europe's largest annual music festival
and has featured some of the most prominent hard music acts on Earth.
The festival attracts over 30,000 fans a year and is one of the most
prestigious and respected events of its kind. The 2004 festival saw
Wacken celebrating its 15th anniversary and boasted such prominent
acts as Motörhead, Dio, Anthrax, Children Of Bodom, Cannibal Corpse,
Nevermore and Mayhem. The ARMAGEDDON OVER WACKEN LIVE 2004 triple CD
and double DVD sets document this momentous occasion. ARMAGEDDON OVER
WACKEN LIVE 2004 is the only way to experience the sights and sounds
of Wacken this side of the Atlantic.

A full track list includes:

DISC 1
1. Anthrax - Indians
2. Anthrax - Only
3. Destruction - Nailed To The Cross
4. Children Of Bodom - Sixpounder
5. Cannibal Corpse - Gallery Of Suicide
6. Mayhem - Pagan Fears
7. Death Angel - Thicker Than Blood
8. Unleashed - To Aasgard We Fly
9. Orphanage - Five Crystals
10. Ektomorf - I Know Them
11. Ektomorf - Destroy
12. Bal Sagoth - The Emperial Lexicon
13. Mnemic - Ghost
14. Cathedral - Stained Glass Horizon

DISC 2
1. Dio - Holy Diver
2. Dio - Don't Talk To Strangers
3. Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality
4. Doro - Für Immer
5. Kotipelko - Reasons
6. Mystic Prophecy - In The Land Of The Dead
7. Brainstorm - Hollow Hideaway
8. Motörhead - We Are Motörhead
9. Motörhead - Life's A Bitch
10. Paragon - Green Hell
11. Weinhold - Strike
12. Feinstein - Rebelution
13. J.B.O. - Arschloch Und Spaß Dabei
14. Blaze Bailey - Fear Of The Dark

DISC 3
1. Vanguard - Forgive
2. Reckless Tide - Death Train
3. Reckless Tide - Equality
4. Griffin - The Sentence
5. Hobbs Angel Of Death - Crucifiction
6. Dr. Rock - Wicked Show
7. Dr. Rock - Dr. Rock
8. Everfest - See Me Rising
9. Sufferage - Civilized
10. Gun Barrel - Only A Passenger
11. Gutbucket - 82 Hourse Bus Hellride
12. Gutbucket - You Never Know
13. Supersoma - Missing Nola
14. Thora - Christ Abuse
15. Methedras - Wreck 'n' Roll
16. Zodiac Mindwarp - Like A Hurricane
17. Raunchy - Summer Of Overload
18. Eläkeläiset - Humppa (Jump)

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-James Christian Invites Listeners To "MEET THE MAN"

House Of Lords singer James Christian has released his second solo
album, MEET THE MAN, in the USA via Frontiers/Locomotive Records.

"I felt it was time to enter the scene again, as melodic rock seems to
have come full circle," Christian said.

Nearly a decade after his first solo offering, RUDE AWAKENING, in
1995, Christian worked with his friend, producer and bassist Fabrizio
Grossi, on choosing musicians to be a part of the record. Songwriting
contributions came from Christian's House Of Lords bandmates Chuck
Wright and Lanny Cordola, Stan Bush (the man who penned House Of
Lords' biggest US hit "Love Don't Lie" in 1988) and the late Judithe
Randall, Christian's artistic mentor.

"Work on a solo record is different because you are responsible for
everything," said Christian. "When you are with a band, everyone
contributes. I love working with a band environment, as well as being
solo."

MEET THE MAN is full of well-crafted, classy melodic rock. As its
title implies, MEET THE MAN is a glimpse at James Christian: The Man,
The Musician, The Songwriter, The Father. "Meet the person behind the
music!" he suggests.

Christian will regroup with House Of Lords this fall to headline two
Firefest shows on November 26 in the UK and November 29 in Athens,
Greece. It will be the first time that the band has played live in the
UK in 17 years.

House Of Lords will release a new album next year.

http://www.jameschristianmusic.com/
http://www.frontiers.it/

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-Darzamat Works With Andy La Rocque!

Darzamat has begun the recording of its new album which will be
entitled TRANSKARPATIA. There is a huge leap forward in front of the
band as after engraving its traces in Poland, Darzamat's members will
be the guests in Goeteborg's studio at Andy La Rocque (the guitar
player of the cult band King Diamond), who has undertaken the
production of the new record.

La Rocque, who is famous for his play in King Diamond as well as in
Death on the record entitled INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT PATTERNS, acceded to
the cooperation with Darzamat without any hesitation. "We are owing
the ability of making the acquaintance with such a remarkable
personality of the world metal scene to our guests from Lord Belial,
who have been cooperating with Andy for a very long time. I am truly
glad that Darzamat will also be able to work with such an excellent
musician as well as producer," states Flauros, Darzamat's vocalist.

The band is going to Sweden in the second half of October. Except from
the mix, La Rocque will also master the record. The work will take
place in Los Angered, the studio located in Goeteborg, the owner of
which is nobody else but the King Diamond's guitar player himself. It
is worth adding that it is in Los Angered that, among others, the
albums of such groups as In Flames, Evergrey, and the very King
Diamond came into being. At this very moment, in the Polish studio Maq
there are traces of particular instruments being registered, under the
precise surveillance of Jaroslaw Toifl. Yet, the final shape of the
record will be formed in Sweden.

While taking the musical part into consideration, TRANSKARPATIA is the
development of the direction being introduced and followed on the last
record entitled SEMIDEVILISH. However, the new elements and a kind of
perfection in each possible detail, will be the strong trumps of the
new album. There have been some changes in the band since
SEMIDEVILISH. "Our keyboard player, Spectre, joined the composing and
it can undeniably be heard on the new record. The music gained a
certain kind of 'spirit,' which, I personally think, SEMIDEVILISH
slightly lacked," adds Flauros.

Curiously enough, Darzamat has decided to work with the group of
totally new people. "In each case, whether it is the producer, sound
producer, cover designer or a photographer, we have been dealing with
the people we have not cooperated before. The purpose of this kind of
action is for the band and the record to gain freshness and a new
view. These are the real experts in their domains. With every passing
day of the work, we are becoming more and more certain that everything
ideally fits the new album's concept. The author of the cover and
graphics to the record is Qras -- a famous artist from Sosnowiec who
has cooperated among others with Frontside and Horroscope. Photos to
the new album were taken by Katarzyna Zaremba." TRANSKARPATIA will
come out at the beginning of the next year, thanks to Polish label
Metal Mind Productions.

TRANSKARPATIA program:

Vampiric Prose
Hallucinations
The Burning Times
Letter From Hell
Blackward
Labyrinth Of Anxiety
Recurring Yell
Virus
The Old Form Of Worship
Equinox
Tempted By Rot
Tribute To...

Darzamat crew:

Nera – female vocals
Flauros - male vocals
Chris – guitars
Spectre – keyboards
Bacchus – bass
Golem – drums

http://www.darzamat.art.pl/
darzamat@...
flauros@...

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-According to Z Records, the release of Black 'N Blue's upcoming HELL
YEAH! "has been delayed over recent months due to delays logistically
and in the studio. [Vocalist] Jaime [St. James] has moved to L.A. from
Portland and the album will be finished there over the forthcoming
months." The band is expected to make a "UK/European live appearance"
early next year. Check out http://www.zrecords.net/ for an exclusive
preview of the album.

-There's a new interview with Neil Carter (Gary Moore, UFO) on-line at
http://www.strangers-in-the-night.com/neilcarter.htm .

-According to http://www.celtic-legacy.com/ , although Celtic Legacy
is still on hiatus the band added new singer Kevin Fox last month and
is working on a new album, tentatively titled THE UNDYING SPIRIT.
"Over 40 minutes of music" have been written, including two songs
called "Evermore" and "Dance On Yer Grave." The Band Profiles page on
the site, http://www.celtic-legacy.com/profiles.html , has been
updated and now serves as an "unnofficial history" of the band.
Finally, starting next month the band's two albums will be available
digitally from "most of the legal online music sites." The few
remaining physical copies of each disc will also be available from
CDbaby.com.

-The Gathering's two-DVD set A SOUND RELIEF is due October 25 on The
End Records. The particulars: "Disk I contains the live concert in DTS
5.1, recorded at the famous Paradiso in Amsterdam in front of an
international audience on May 23rd and supported by a superb 3D
animation projection show. Disk II features great bonus extra's like a
tour video-impression, video interview and a TV special about 15 year
the Gathering. The bonus disk also features a collection of the most
beautiful 3D animation clips which were especially designed for the
band by promising Dutch and Polish 3D artists Michel de Klein and
Marcin Pazera." Concert track list from Disk I: "The Big Sleep,"
"Broken Glass!," "Rescue Me," "Alone," "Travel," "Red Is A Slow
Colour," "A Life All Mine," "Golden Grounds," "Amity," "In Motion II,"
"Marooned," "Souvenirs," "Like Fountains," "Herbal Movement." Disk II
track list: Bonus features: Tour Impression 2004, Dutch TV special "15
Year The Gathering," Italian video-interview, Animation Music Clips:
"Marooned," "The Big Sleep," "Alone," "Broken Glass," "A Life All
Mine," "Red Is A Slow Colour." Check out a pre-order special at
http://shopping.theendrecords.com/s.nl/sc.9/category.4392/.f .

-King's X's OGRE TONES (InsideOut) debuted at #9 on the Hard Music
Album chart and #30 on the Independent Record Label chart.

-Check out "Limited Edition Fine Art" from Kiss' Paul Stanley at
http://www.celebrityfineart.com/celeb/pstanleyindex.html . The
showcase on this site is from an on-line collection that represents
"real world galleries, located on the island of Maui Hawaii." The site
also features a short "Paul Stanley Art Bio."

-Place Vendome's self-titled release is now available from the
WebCatalogue at http://www.supared.de/ for 15 EUR. The disc features
vocalist Michael Kiske (Helloween, SupaRed), guitarist Uwe Reitenauer,
bassist Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69), keyboardist Gunter Werno (Vanden
Plas), and drummer Costas Zafiriou (Pink Cream 69). The disc is out on
Frontiers and features songs written by Ward, Werno, and Ward's Pink
Cream 69 band mates David Readman and Alfred Koffler. Track list:
"Cross The Line," "I Will Be Waiting," "Too Late," "I Will Be Gone,"
"The Setting Sun," "Place Vendome," "Heavens Door," "Right Here,"
"Magic Carpet Ride," "Sign Of The Times."

-The third annual ROSfest, a.k.a. the "Rites Of Spring Festival," is
slated for next April 28-30 at the majestic Colonial Theater in
Phoenixville, PA. Ten bands including Scotland's Pallas will perform.

Thanks to BASTI, Battttty, and Eric Corbin for help gathering some of
this information.

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by Keith Abt (Keithabt@...)

-"HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION"

"Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America, and all the ships at sea! Let's go
to press!"

WOW, it has been a long time since the doors to the "Mega-Vault" have
opened, hasn't it? I deeply apologize for my extended M.I.A. status; I
wish I could say that I was unable to file regular reports because I
was following Judas Priest around on tour all summer, or something
similarly cool, but unfortunately the reasons for my absence were far
more mundane. My extra-long sabbatical was caused by a number of
factors, the biggest being a MAJOR remodeling project on my house that
began in late May and is only now finally starting to wind down, so
I've spent a large part of my summer trapped on a never-ending
treadmill of painting, cleaning, furniture moving and decorating. I
have also had to deal with a transfer to a new office, learning a
(very uncooperative) new software program at my job, having my car
towed three times due to a persistent ignition problem, and a brief
experiment in dog adoption that failed miserably (short Reader's
Digest version: My cats hated the dog, it scared my kid, and it bit my
wife...see ya!). As you can see, I've had a very full plate (for my
next trick I will climb up onto my roof in a thunderstorm and juggle
several live chainsaws!) but as I come out of what has been the
longest, busiest summer of my life, I am FINALLY getting into a metal
frame of mind again! I hope you're all as glad to see me as I am to be
seen. :-) On to the goodies, then!

So how did YOU spend your summer vacation, kids? Did you see any of
the big summer tours? I wish I could say that I did, but I'm still
retired (all my spare time and money was eaten by the Remodeling
Monster anyway), although I was severely tempted to come out of my
shell by offerings like Gigantour (which, judging from the attendance
figures I've read on-line, is likely to go down in the history books
as a Gigan-Flop), Iron Maiden's appearance at OZZfest (Sounds like
Bruce Dickinson and Sharon Osbourne won't be exchanging Christmas
cards this December, eh?), the Judas Priest/Queensryche tour, and
W.A.S.P.'s American Metal Blast mini-festival. Missing those shows was
all the more painful for me because my brother scored a hat trick by
seeing Priest, the Metal Blast and Twisted Sister's farewell
performance at the "Rock The Park" festival in Montclair, New Jersey,
so I had to listen to gushing reports of the glories I missed in each
case. Unfortunately the closest I came to anything resembling heavy
metal this summer was a train ride on a locomotive at a "Thomas The
Tank Engine" event in New York's Catskill Mountains with my two and a
half year old son (I did wear an Iron Maiden shirt that day, though,
so I think that should count).

With everything else that's been going on I also haven't been buying
CDs like the good little geek that I usually am (and my new office
location, sadly, is in an area barren of decent CD stores, aarrrrrgh!)
but I have been spinning the hell out of Bruce Dickinson's TYRANNY OF
SOULS, Demons & Wizards' TOUCHED BY THE CRIMSON KING, and 'TAGE MAHAL
by Jon Oliva's Pain all summer. I also seem to be going through a
Classic '80s Thrash Renaissance lately, powered by the Megaforce
Records 2-on-1 reissues of Overkill's FEEL THE FIRE/F**K YOU AND THEN
SOME and Anthrax's FISTFUL OF METAL/ARMED AND DANGEROUS, as well as
Anthrax's excellent ANTHROLOGY: NO HIT WONDERS double-CD. When you
stack those up with the used copies of Sanctuary's classic REFUGE
DENIED and S.O.D.'s SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE that I picked up for $5.99
and $6.99, respectively, around Memorial Day, you'd swear it was 1988
all over again in my car stereo lately. I'm jonesing to hear
Nevermore's THIS GODLESS ENDEAVOR and Jacobs Dream's DRAMA OF THE
AGES, among others, but haven't gotten around to them yet (if anybody
has an extra copy of either that needs a good home, feel free to
contact me!), and of course I'm counting the days till Helloween's
KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS - THE LEGACY finally hits the racks! It's
been a rough couple of months but it feels really good to finally be
getting back to the metal. I could go on but trust me, I've been
filing away TONS of silly little metal nuggets that will provide
column fodder at least through leaf-raking season, so I promise I will
be back very soon. Thanks for listening and till next time, keep it
real, keep it loud, and keep the beer cold....

-THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST: Loudness - THUNDER IN THE EAST; Mercyful Fate -
INTO THE UNKNOWN; Saxon - LIONHEART; Sacred Warrior - REBELLION;
Warrior Soul - THE SPACE AGE PLAYBOYS.

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by Tim Wadzinski (tsw512@...)

-We took the kid to visit my in-laws over the weekend, and while
everyone crowded around to help with "feeding time" I snuck into the
living room and turned on VH1 Classic's "Metal Mania." First up was
Europe's "Carrie" (yawn) but then came Black Sabbath's "Trashed." Both
my in-laws then came in and no, I didn't change the channel. Nothing
like enjoying a little Sabbath with your child's grandparents. :) This
episode inspired me to pull out BORN AGAIN (1983) a couple days later.
I do like "Trashed" and maybe another song or two, but overall this is
not a very good disc...although I did hear about four or five riffs
that were later stolen by other bands! Easily the best thing about the
album is the '96 Castle reissue's entertaining liner notes...

-The other morning I was walking across town to work and I looked up
and saw a store with "Dress Barn Woman" in the window. Immediately,
Spinal Tap song lyrics popped into my head: "Sex farm woman / I'm
gonna mow you down / Sex farm woman / I'll rake and hoe you down."
Thanks guys. (And is there a more unflattering womens' clothing store
name then Dress BARN? Why not just call it For Cows Only?)

-Also while walking to work this week, I've seen many, nay, TONS, of
my fellow commuters walking and talking on their cell phones. Me, I
listen to music because I don't have too many other chances to do that
anymore. I want to know who these people are and why they're so
freakin' important that they have to yakk on the phone so early in the
morning EVERY DAY. Who are they talking to? Can't it wait?

-Now in my current playlist: Gamma Ray - MAJESTIC (Sanctuary/Mayan),
Alice Cooper - DIRTY DIAMONDS (New West Records), Various - ARMAGEDDON
OVER WACKEN - LIVE 2004 (Magick/Armageddon), Voodoo Hill - WILD SEED
OF MOTHER EARTH (Frontiers/Locomotive).

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