Hello, we are the band Further Lo. We are a 5 piece power metal band based in Columbus, Ohio. We are currently signed to a multi record deal with Power Play Records(NY) and are currently planning a tour to support our debut CD just released for Power Play Records. The CD is titled "Further Lo" and contains 10 songs and 2 bonus tracks. The CD is currently available everywhere as well as online at the record label site: Power Play Records and it is also available throughout Europe and can be purchased online in Europe and other countries at: Just For Kicks.

The band is full of experienced Musicians which have shared the stage with such bands as Iced Earth, Nevermore, Napalm Death, King Diamond, Merciful Fate, Flotsam and Jetsam, Bruce Dickinson, Pantera,Armored Saint, Anthrax,Ratt,Machine Head as well as many, many more. The band features former members of Acheron,Soul Destruction, and Hybrid Nation. All bands which were successful in their own rights and toured extensively.

We invite you to please stop by out website and check out the band. We have plenty of pictures, updated news,links and even some music for you to listen to. Some of our song samples from the new CD "Further Lo" can be found on the record label site as well as recent reviews from various reputable magazines and webzines. The music of this new CD "Further Lo" is solid metal with influences ranging from Alice In Chains,C.O.C,Testament, The Scorpions,Tool,Slayer, and even a touch of Black Sabbath. "Further Lo" is a very strong effort and has a wide range to suit a lot of different metal tastes. Our music is neither death metal or black metal, but it is an interesting mixture of power metal,thrash,and even a small touch of industrial metal with great vocals and a very clean sound that is sure to satisfy even the most hard to please metal head. Please check out the music and see what you think and stop by the Official band site and check us out. We will be all throughout Europe and the US in 2004 so please check us out, we hope that you enjoy the music and we hope to see you on the road. Please feel free to stop by, listen to a couple of songs and see what you think.

Thank you for taking the time to check us out and take care,
Further Lo

http://www.FurtherLo.com (check out the band's official site)

http://www.Power-Play-Records.com (visit the record label site)

FINNTROLL are the latest band confirmed for this year's installment of the Waldrock festival, set to be held June 19, 2004 in Bergum, Holland. Also scheduled to appear are MONSTER MAGNET, TESTAMENT, CRADLE OF FILTH and CANNIBAL CORPSE. A total of 14 acts will perform at the event, which is expected to draw around 12,000 metalheads.

For more information, visit www.waldrock.nl.

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Finntroll

IMPALED NAZARENE's previously announced European tour with THE LEGION has been cancelled. "The reason is that IMPALED NAZARENE are going on a European tour in May and the booking agency wanted to move the tour from February/March to a future date which wasn't possible for IMPALED NAZARENE," according to a post on THE LEGION's web site.

In other THE LEGION-related news, the group recently went into Art Decay studio to record two exclusive bonus tracks for the limited-edition gatefold-sleeve version of their debut album, "Unseen To Creation": a reworked version of an old original song plus a cover of TESTAMENT's "Curse Of The Legions Of Death". A late February 2004 release is expected.

THE LEGION's next live gig will take place on January 31, 2004 at Kulturhuset in Jönköping, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are INSISION and NOMINON.

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Impaled Nazarene

SODOM are the latest act confirmed for the Gods of Metal Festival, scheduled to take place June 5-6 at l'Arena Parco Nord in Bologna, Italy. ALICE COOPER will top the bill on Sunday, June 6, while JUDAS PRIEST will headline the event on Saturday, June 5 ? the same day that Finland's STRATOVARIUS are scheduled to appear in what is being billed as their only Italian appearance of 2004. Other bands confirmed for the festival include TWISTED SISTER, TESTAMENT, SYMPHONY X, NEVERMORE, W.A.S.P., and MOTÖRHEAD.

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Sodom

Polish black/death metallers BEHEMOTH have extended their contract with Olympic Recordings. The group have already commenced the songwriting process for their highly anticipated new album and will enter the studio in early spring with hopes for a late 2004 release.

This has been a breakthrough year for BEHEMOTH, who made their U.S. live debut at the New Jersey March Metal Meltdown festival, which served as the kickoff date for an extensive nationwide tour alongside DEICIDE and AMON AMARTH. From there, they appeared on the first three dates of the now-infamous "Metal Gods" tour headlined by HALFORD and TESTAMENT, as well as the inaugural "Blackest of the Black" festivals (also featuring DANZIG, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, OPETH, NILE and LACUNA COIL). BEHEMOTH capped off the year supporting SIX FEET UNDER on the "Un-Natural Born Killers" tour, and with the release of the limited-edition "Conjuration" EP, featuring one new song, two covers and several live tracks.

Nergal (vocals/guitars) recently checked in with the following update: "At the moment we are taking a short break before we strike again in a few days. After doing 31 dates with SIX FEET UNDER, SKINLESS and AS I LAY DYING we decided to stay a few weeks in LA. to take care of some important stuff. We are proud to announce that we finally signed a new two-album deal with Olympic Recordings for North and South America. It gives us a lot of opportunities for the future and from what we've experienced so far, the label does its best to push the band really hard. Now we are focusing on rehearsing the new set for the three last shows this year with EXHUMED and RISE and this time we're gonna play a longer set. There will be two shows in California and one in Mexico, and I'm sure it will be killer! See ya all there!!!"

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Behemoth