Guitarist Jack Owen has quit the band. Cannibal Corpse is currently working with a replacement. All scheduled concerts will still take place. Check back for a more detailed statement in the days to come.

2004-05-03 - Jack Owen
"After 15 years with Cannibal Corpse, I've decided to leave the group. My heart just wasn't in it anymore, and it was reflected in my appearance on stage. Times change, and I just don't enjoy the music as much as I used to, and the only thing keeping me in the band was steady work, and the pay. These things makes it unfair to myself, my band members, and especially the fans. I'd like to thank all the members of Cannibal Corpse, past and present, for sharing in the conquest of an entire genre of music. I wish the band continued success...

I would especially like to thank the fans for being there for 15 years. Without you, I wouldn't have made it this far. Your dedication to death metal is unbelievable.

I am going to continue in music, of course, with Adrift. I'd like to thank them for their patience and understanding, and support of my decision. We will meet again, I'm sure..

Cheers,
Jack Owen

Band profile:

Cannibal Corpse

TUSKA OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL 2004 ROSTER NOW COMPLETE - FIRST VERSION OF RUNNING ORDER ONLINE

The line-up for Tuska 2004 festival taking place in Kaisaniemi Park, Helsinki during the 16.-18.7. is now ready.

The final foreign addition and a reason for celebration for black metal-enthusiasts, is the Dark Funeral -show going off on Friday the 16th.
This legendary Swedish black metal-act has just recently released a live-album and their show will most certainly be exciting, to say the least.

Another addition for Friday is the Finnish folk metal -group Ensiferum, whose new album entitled Iron was just released in Finland and will be
released throughout Europe in May. Ensiferum is currently touring in Europe.

There will be one more, yet to be named french act appearing at Tuska 2004; the winner from the band contest held at the Rotonde-festival at
the end of May.

The first version of the running order for the weekend can now be viewed on our website www.tuska-festival.fi. The programme for the official
Tuska-evening clubs is also ready. The first version of the evening club running order is also up on our website.

Tuska Open Air Metal Festival proudly presents the complete 2004 line-up:

DIO (USA)
In Flames (SWE)
Nightwish
Fear Factory (USA)
Death Angel (USA)
Kotiteollisuus
Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus
Suburban Tribe
Sonata Arctica
Soilwork (SWE)
Diablo
Dark Tranquillity (SWE)
Charon
Dark Funeral (SWE)
Dismember (SWE)
Mokoma
Ensiferum
Dew-Scented (GER)
Nasum (SWE)
Impaled Nazarene
Sinergy
Beseech (SWE)
Blake
Chaosbreed
Swallow The Sun
Drive
Trollheim's Grott
Machine Men
Kilpi
Twilightning
Turisas

Time-table is now available in html and pdf format at http://www.tuska-festival.fi (Aikataulu)

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Alex Hernández (Immolation) joined Requiem Aeternam in order to perform the drums.
His huge talent and wide experience, gained in more than a decade of Death Metal, will contribute a stronger touch to the band style.

"Philosopher" will start being recorded on May 9th at Big Blue Meenie studios (www.bigbluemeenie.com) in New Jersey (USA).
Between two and three weeks are going to be used to record and mix it.

As soon as we confirm it, we are going to announce the sound engineer responsible to produce the new material... as well as the studios to master it, the designer to do the artwork, and many more details...

Keep checking Requiem Aeternam's official website at:
www.requiem-aeternam.com

Having realized two albums on two independent labels, the french band YYRKOON works now with Osmose Productions for their futur albums. Their music is a mix between a powerfull thrash metal and a raw death metal, the whole linked by solos and melodic parts.

Their third album titled "Occult Medicine" will be out in september 2004. It plunges you into a horror/fantastic context, where the imagination and creativity of a mad doctor take a dementia shape. Recorded & mixed in Denmark at Hansen Studios, this album is endowed with a very good sound quality. This album will contain 12 madness songs.

A bonus video-clip at the tone of this album will be done soon and a bonus track shall enrich the LP version. Don't miss it !!

www.yyrkoon.net / www.osmoseproductions.com

Band profile:

Yyrkoon

The recording of "Black Brick Road" is now finished except for some keyboard parts. The mixing will begin this weekend and continue until the 28th(April), then the mastering on the 29th.

The new album is coming.....

Band profile:

Lake Of Tears

From the Band :

ERA-DEACAY was suposed to come out on the following monthes, but after talks with Avantgardemusic it seemed necessary and unavoidable to push back the release. We lost quite some time finishing mixing this 4th album, and the mastering is still not over yet.
The album will hit the shelves on September 6.
This decision was not an easy one to make, but we have to be patient to release this album in the best possible conditions. We'll do our best to offer you an exclusive track on our wbesite around June/July.

We know the name of the new drummer of the band,

The old EXMORTEM drummer Reno Kiilerich is the new drummer of DIMMU BORGIR

Band profile:

Dimmu Borgir

RHAPSODY will be issuing a new mini-CD, entitled "The Dark Secret", on May 29 through Magic Circle Music/SPV. The group's as-yet-untitled new full-length album will follow in September.

"The Dark Secret" track listing:

01. Unholy Warcry (short version)*
02. Thunder Mighty Roar*
03. Sacred Power Of Raging Winds
04. Guardians Of Destiny (English version)*
05. (T.B.C.)

* Titles will not appear on the upcoming studio album

The mini-CD will be packaged with a limited edition bonus DVD containing "Making of" footage for the new album (incl. interview sequences with Christopher Lee) and a 5.1 Mix of "Unholy Warcry" (short version).

As previously reported, RHAPSODY's new album will feature a very special appearance by acclaimed actor Christopher Lee ("Star Wars - Episode 2: Attack of the Clones", "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", "Gremlins II", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"). Mr. Lee is no stranger to music and recording studios as he is a classically trained opera singer himself. He will be providing a powerful narration on the forthcoming self-produced CD of the Italy-based group.

Among other well-known narrators and London actors, Lee will guide the listeners in the role of a king through a unique saga invented by RHAPSODY's founding members Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli. As a special surprise, Mr. Lee's daughter Christina Lee will also appear in the part of a warrior princess. Incidentally this will mark the first time father and daughter will work together.

RHAPSODY's new CD is being recorded in four different studios in Europe with appearances by more than a dozen international guest soloists. Also appearing on the album will be the entire Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra from the Czech Republic as well as a 50-piece choir.

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Rhapsody

*The following names have been added to our increasingly impressive bill :*

SLIPKNOT, ICED EARTH, DIMMU BORGIR, MORBID ANGEL,

HYPOCRISY, PLEYMO, ILL NINO, CHIMAIRA, SEVEN WITCHES, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, EPICA

The programme for the various days is now as follows :

Friday 25 June : a.o. ANATHEMA, CIRCLE II CIRCLE, EPICA, EXODUS, HYPOCRISY, ICED EARTH, IN EXTREMO and WHITE LION.

Saturday 26 June : a.o. AGNOSTIC FRONT, ALICE COOPER, ANTHRAX, BACKFIRE, BLOOD FOR BLOOD, CRADLE OF FILTH, DISIPLINE, EVERGREY, MORBID ANGEL, MOTÖRHEAD, MY DYING BRIDE, , PLEYMO, SLAPSHOT, SLIPKNOT and QUEENSRYCHE.

Sunday 27 June : a.o. CHIMAIRA, CHILDREN OF BODOM, DEATH ANGEL, DIMMU BORGIR, DYING FETUS, , HATEBREED, ILL NINO, JUDAS PRIEST, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MALEVOLENT CREATION, LIFE OF AGONY, SAXON, SEVEN WITCHES, TESTAMENT and THERION

*BIG GRASPOP CLASH*

Year after year, scores of metalheads wonder why hardly any homegrown bands make it onto the otherwise excellent Graspop bill

Yes, well, we can't get around the fact that there are legions of international acts out there and most of them have been around the block a few times more than our Belgian bands. For a minute there, it looked as if no Belgian bands at all were going to grace this year's three-day festival, but of course we couldn't let that happen. We joined forces with Rock Tribune to look for a satisfactory solution. After all, who do you choose when every Belgian band feels called to? Then we thought: why not organise a genuine BATLLE OF BANDS and guess what? The people behind the Graspop festival also liked the idea. The place to be is Biebob, Vosselaar (or what did you expect?). A prestigious event calls for a prestigious location, so Belgium's permier metal temple was the logical choice.
This is the plan: on 22 May, five Belgian bands will thrash it out on stage in the crunching final of the Big Graspop Clash. The winner obviously gets to play Graspop, that goes without saying, but there's more... Thanks to musical instrument shop KEY MUSIC, the band that comes out on top will also win A BACKLINE WORTH NO LESS THAN ? 3,000 (!!). And still we at Rock Tribune felt it wasn't enough. A track by the winning band or artist will be included on the CD that will accompany the July/August issue of our magazine.
So what do you do if you have your own band? Go for it, of course!! Get a move on and send a CD with your material to

ROCK TRIBUNE GRASPOP CONCOURS -
GROTE STEENWEG ZUID 11 - 9052 GENT

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Tuska-Festival which takes place in Helsinki, Finland during July 16-18th
2004 has confirmed more artists, nearly completing the line-up for this
year's festival.

Fear Factory from Los Angeles, California will be appearing on the
mainstage on Sunday the 18th of July. Fear Factory has been a pioneer in
combining modern metal with industrial beats and synthesizers and their
seventh full length album, entitled Archetype, will be released in April.

On Saturday the 17th of July, another California act, legendary Bay Area-
thrashers Death Angel take the stage. Their debut album, The Ultra
Violence was released in 1987 and their latest effort, The Art Of Dying
will be released this spring.

Old School death metal will be represented at Tuska 2004 by Dismember
from neighbouring Sweden. This Stockholm outfit have just released their
new album entitled Where Ironcrosses Grow.

The Tuska 2004 Festival gets the most intense start possible in the form
the swedish grindcore act Nasum. The band has just recently added second
guitar player to the line-up and their Tuska-show will be the band's
first time in Finland as a four-piece.

For domestic additions, industrial-flavoured Drive has been added to the
roster, as well as folk metal group Turisas who were just recently signed
to Century Media Records. Also, the spacey stoner rock band Blake will be
appearing at this year's festival.

In addition to these confirmed artists, we are still seeking several acts.

Ticket sales for Tuska 2004 start earlier than previous years. Tickets
will go on sale on the 5th of April through www.tiketti.fi,
www.lippupalvelu.fi and www.menolippu.fi. One day ticket costs 30? and
three day ticket 65?, respectively.

Tuska 2004 roster looks currently like this:

DIO (USA)
In Flames (SWE)
Nightwish
Fear Factory (USA)
Death Angel (USA)
Kotiteollisuus
Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus
Suburban Tribe
Sonata Arctica
Dismember (SWE)
Soilwork (SWE)
Diablo
Dark Tranquillity (SWE)
Charon
Mokoma
Dew-Scented (GER)
Impaled Nazarene
Nasum (SWE)
Sinergy
Beseech (SWE)
Blake
Chaosbreed
Swallow The Sun
Trollheim's Grott
Machine Men
Kilpi
Twilightning
Turisas

Additional information: www.tuska-festival.fi

New version of ALKEMYST official website !!!

WWW.ALKEMYST.NET

This is the third version of this site since 2000. We hope that you appreciate it. Take a look to our Galleries and let a message in our Guestbook.

On the other hand, the band will open for LOUDBLAST at Le Brise-Glace in Annecy (74) on April, 2. Everyone welcome!

Reservations on www.fnac.com

Band profile:

Alkemyst

Trent Gardner has finished the writing process of a new Magellan Album.

Check the website in the next days for further details about the follow-up of "Impossible Figures", released on last november by Inside Out.

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The Great Deceiver are poised to release their second full album for Peaceville - "TERRA INCOGNITO". Recorded at Dug Out Studios in Uppsala and produced by Daniel Bergstrand, this album packs a mean punch and is unleashed on APRIL 12TH. There is also a promo video for the track "Lake Of Sulphur" directed by PATRIC ULLAEUS which will be an enhanced feature on the album. A stunning follow up to "A Venom Well Designed" - their much talked about debut!!

Band profile:

The Great Deceiver

King Diamond off - Dio and In Flames on.
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Although previously announced, King Diamond will not be appearing at
Tuska-festival. The artist's representative apologizes for the
cancellation that came immediatly after the confirmation and for the fact
that King Diamond will not be able to perform for his finnish fans.
However, the Artist has personal matters which require him to remain on
the U.S. soil.

Despite the cancellation of King Diamond, the old-school metalheads have
a reason to celebrate as the legendary Dio take the stage on Sunday the
18th, led by their charismatic frontman, metal-icon Ronnie James Dio.
This influential veteran has released music since the early seventies and
has made a name for himself by performing vocal duties for Rainbow, Black
Sabbath and for the past two decades, Dio. Dio's latest studioalbum
Killing The Dragon was released in 2002. Last year Dio released an
anthology-album and a dvd titled Evil Or Divine.

The headliner for Friday the 16th of July has now been confirmed to be
one of the most popular Swedish metalbands at the moment, In Flames.
Their new album, Soundtrack To Your Escape will be released worldwide at
the end of March. The current In Flames -album, Reroute To Remain has
been both, an artistic and a commercial success and has made In Flames
one of the most successful bands of their genre.

Also performing at Kaisaniemi Park will be swedish gothgroup Beseech. For
domestic additions, deathmetal supergroup Chaosbreed, newcomer
Trollheim's Grott and melodic-metallers Charon have confirmed their
performances.

The search is still on for a few international artists and several
domestic ones.

Tickets for Tuska 2004 will go on sale in May through www.tiketti.fi,
www.lippupalvelu.fi and this year's new addition, www.menolippu.fi. Each
of them accept creditcards when buying tickets from abroad.

At this time of the year, the Tuska Line-up looks like this:

DIO (USA)
In Flames (SWE)
Nightwish
Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus
Suburban Tribe
Sonata Arctica
Soilwork (SWE)
Diablo
Dark Tranquillity (SWE)
Charon
Mokoma
Dew-Scented (GER)
Impaled Nazarene
Sinergy
Beseech (SWE)
Chaosbreed
Swallow The Sun
Trollheim's Grott
Machine Men
Kilpi
Twilightning

Additional information: www.tuska-festival.fi

The name of the new vocalist of the band Marduk is now anounced: Mortuus

You can see a picture of him on their official website

http://www.marduk.nu/marduk/index.htm

Band profile:

Marduk