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Metal News.
The upcoming Prepare To Burn festival on Sun 18 April at Fowlers is looking like it's going to be a huge day of metal/hardcore. Confirmed acts for this all-ages, two-stages event are: I Killed The Prom Queen, Day Of Contempt, Shotpointblank, Full Frontal Lobotomy, Parkway Drive, Stronger Than Hate, Carpathian, Masseria, Equal Minded, Wendy Icon, Through Closed Eyes, A Secret Death, Never Again, Her Nightmare and Officer Down
Five Star Prison Cell is the new artsy/tech/math
metal outfit for former Frankenbok vocalist Adam Glynn. The
line-up is completed by members of Triple J Unearthed winners
Tension and underground jazz/metal experimenters Extra Virgin.
The newly formed band will soon head to Back Beach Studios to
record their as-yet-untitled debut release. Demo versions of
some of these tracks are currently available on the band's website
www.fivestarprisoncell.com.
The long-delayed Carcass compilation 'Choice Cuts' will finally be available on Mon 17 April. Originally intended for release in 1999, the 'Best Of' was shelved indefinitely due to drummer Ken Owen's critical illness - a sudden brain haemorrhage that left him in a coma for 10 months. But following Owen's improvement, the 24-track disc is now ready for release - with the drummer planning to undertake a full interview for the disc regarding his memories of the band's career, his illness and his ongoing road to recovery. 'Choice Cuts' will also include a recording of the band's two Peel Sessions, recorded in 1988 and 1990.
Strapping Young Lad have officially re-signed
with Century Media and are currently hard at work on the follow-up
to 'SYL'. "The new material is just fucked," commented SYL mastermind
Devin Townsend. "More chaos, more loops, more echos, more chaos
more chaos more chaos, and it is beautiful this time around
as well." A DVD is also in the works, featuring a full set from
the band's sold-out home-town show in Vancouver earlier this
year, plus video clips and footage of some hilarious backstage
antics.
Judas Priest's four-disc box set 'Metalogy' will be released in Australia on Mon 10 May. The 65-song collection comprises 'greatest hits', B-sides and rarities recorded by the veteran heavy metal act between 1972 and 2002. The box will include a full colour book with discography and biographical essay, plus a timeline and previously unpublished photos. Initial pressings will also include a bonus live DVD recorded during the band's 1982 'Screaming For Vengeance' tour.
Californian death/grind maestros Deeds Of
Flesh have recently announced their upcoming Australian tour
dates. The Adelaide show will take place on Fri 25 June at the
Enigma Bar with Tassie's Psycroptic and local boys Omnium Gatherum.
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