SEPULTURA have been confirmed as the headliner for the Salento Summer Festival in Porto Cesareo, Italy on August 13th. Other acts set to perform at the event include BIOHAZARD and SHELTER. Immediately after playing the Salento Summer Festival, SEPULTURA will fly to the Czech Republic to appear at the Trutnov Festival on August 16th. ...
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The cover artwork for SEPULTURA's forthcoming live CD, entitled Under A Pale Grey Sky, can be viewed at this location. A recorded document of the last-ever performance of the classic SEPULTURA line-up of Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals), Igor Cavalera (drums), Andreas Kisser (guitar) and Paulo Pinto Jr. (bass), which took place at Brixton Academy ...
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SYSTEMATIC guitarist Adam Ruppell has posted the following update on the band's activities via their official web site: "The band is still writing for the [second] album [which is due to be produced by Howard Benson (i.e. P.O.D., MOTÖRHEAD, SEPULTURA)]. If you're wondering why it's taking so long, (because of [drummer] Paul [Bostaph], he's always ...
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SEPULTURA have finished a pre-production recording of five cover tracks to be included on their upcoming mini-EP, which is scheduled to be tracked beginning on July 25th at Trama studios in São Paulo, Brazil with producer Steve Evetts (i.e. EARTH CRISIS, SNAPCASE). An October release through an as-yet-undetermined label is expected. The following songs were ...
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SEPULTURA will participate in an online chat at 11:00 PM GMT tonight, Wednesday, July 17th via the group's official web site at this location. In other news, you can view the cover for the group's upcoming Chaos DVD by clicking here. As previously reported, Chaos contains all three of SEPULTURA's VHS ...
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SEPULTURA's forthcoming live album, Under A Pale Grey Sky, is set for a September 17th release through Roadrunner Records. A recorded document of the last-ever performance of the classic SEPULTURA line-up of Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals), Igor Cavalera (drums), Andreas Kisser (guitar) and Paulo Pinto Jr. (bass), which took place at Brixton Academy in London on ...
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SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued a message of appreciation to the organizers of and bands that participated in the SEPULTURA tribute show, which took place in São Paulo, Brazil on June 29th. As previously reported, 12 bands—including KORZUS, NECROMANCIA, and CLAUSTROFOBIA—performed over 50 SEPULTURA songs at the event, which paid homage to Brazil's biggest-ever ...
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SEPULTURA will enter Trama studios in São Paulo, Brazil on July 25th with producer Steve Evetts (i.e. EARTH CRISIS, SNAPCASE) to record a mini-CD consisting of several cover songs and a couple of new cuts, to be released through an as-yet-undetermined label later in the year. At the moment, the plan is for the EP ...
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Contrary to reports posted via other Internet sources, SOULFLY have NOT been rejoined by former MACHINE HEAD and current MEDICATION guitarist Logan Mader on the eve of their ongoing European tour. Ex-SNOT guitarist Mikey Doling is by all accounts very much part of the group's line-up and was on hand during the band's appearance last ...
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San Francisco Bay Area's SYSTEMATIC have posted a cover of the BLUE ÖYSTER CULT track "Career Of Evil" via the group's official web site at this location. Recorded live during a recent jam session (with overdubbed bass), the song—which will NOT surface on SYSTEMATIC's next album—is the first recorded appearance with the group ...
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SEPULTURA will lay down a cover version of the EXODUS classic "Piranha" during the recording sessions for their upcoming mini-CD, due later in the year. As previously reported, SEPULTURA are tentatively set to enter Trama studios in São Paulo, Brazil during August to record a mini-CD consisting of five or six cover songs and two ...
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SEPULTURA's upcoming mini-CD will feature two brand new original cuts, one of which is almost certain to be "Corrupted", the song the group have been performing live during their most recent Brazilian headlining gigs. As exclusively reported here yesterday, SEPULTURA are tentatively set to enter Trama studios in São Paulo, Brazil during August ...
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SEPULTURA are tentatively set to enter Trama studios in São Paulo, Brazil during August to record a mini-CD consisting of five or six cover songs, to be released later in the year through an as-yet-undetermined label, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. At the moment, the plan is for the EP to be issued in Brazil only, ...
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SEPULTURA have been confirmed to perform at the Trutnov Open Air Festival, which is scheduled to take place in the Czech Republic on August 16-18. Also set to appear at the event are SICK OF IT ALL, among many others. For more information, visit the festival's official web site at this location. ...
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SEPULTURA are continuing to write material for their forthcoming album and expect to enter the studio in late August/early September to begin recording the effort for an early 2003 release through an as-yet-undetermined label. Meanwhile, the band will take a break from the current songwriting sessions to play two Brazilian shows this weekend—in Goiânia on ...
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SEPULTURA's forthcoming live album has been re-dubbed Under a Pale Grey Sky, according to Roadrunner Records, who are scheduled to issue the effort on August 27th. A recorded document of the last-ever performance of the classic SEPULTURA line-up of Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals), Igor Cavalera (drums), Andreas Kisser (guitar) and Paulo Pinto Jr. (bass), which took ...
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A SEPULTURA tribute show will take place in São Paulo, Brazil next Saturday, June 29th. 12 bands—including KORZUS, NECROMANCIA, and CLAUSTROFOBIA—will be peforming over 50 SEPULTURA songs, the complete list of which can be viewed at this location (information in Portuguese). ...
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SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser and vocalist Derrick Green participated in a jam session on a cover of THE DOORS classic "Riders On The Storm" during a Brazilian TV appearance this past Saturday, June 15th. To view pictures of the jam session, click here. Those wishing to view the jam in Windows Media format ...
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California's DEPSWA have posted rough mixes of six tracks from their forthcoming Interscope Records full-length debut in Real Audio and Windows Media formats at the group's official web site at this location. The tracks featured are as follows: 01. This Time 02. From The Inside 03. The Path 04. Prom Song 05. I'm ...
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SPINESHANK will enter a Los Angeles studio on June 24th with producer Howard Benson (i.e. P.O.D., SEPULTURA, CRAZY TOWN) to begin tracking their third full-length album, entitled Violent Mood Swings, for a late 2002 release through Roadrunner Records. According to guitarist Mike Sarkisyan "the tittle track is brutal—probably the heaviest thing we've ever done… this ...
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Veteran producer Colin Richardson (i.e. MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY) will commence the mixing process for SEPULTURA's forthcoming live CD, entitled Live At Brixton, on Monday, June 10th at a London studio for an August 26th release through Roadrunner Records. As previously reported, Live At Brixton captures the last-ever performance of the classic SEPULTURA line-up of ...
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COLD have completed the songwriting process for their new album, entitled Year Of The Spider, and will enter Bay 7 Studios in Los Angeles, California in July to begin recording the effort with producer Howard Benson (i.e. SEPULTURA, P.O.D., SKINDRED) for a tentative October 29th release through Geffen Records. 13 songs will reportedly be tracked ...
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Brazil's EMINENCE, featuring former SEPULTURA guitarist Jairo Guedz on bass, have posted an MP3 of a pre-production recording of the track "One Forty Five" at this location. As previously reported, EMINENCE are due to enter the studio shortly with veteran producer Neil Kernon (i.e. NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE) to record their new CD, entitled ...
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A live recording of the last-ever performance of the classic SEPULTURA line-up of Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals), Igor Cavalera (drums), Andreas Kisser (guitar) and Paulo Pinto Jr. (bass), which took place at Brixton Academy in London on December 16th, 1996, is tentatively scheduled to be released as a double CD under the title Live At Brixton ...
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CRAZY TOWN hard at work on their second album, now titled Nothing Comes From Nowhere, with producer Howard Benson (i.e. P.O.D., SEPULTURA, SKINDRED) for a fall release through Columbia Records. According to frontman Eric "Epic" Mazur, "the songs are gonna last longer [than the material on the last album] and people will be able to ...
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SEPULTURA performed in front of a crowd of over 10,000 in São José dos Campos, Brazil last Sunday night and were joined by BIOHAZARD guitarist Billy Graziadei (whose wife is Brazilian) for renditions of MOTORHEAD's "Iron Fist" and TITAS' "Polícia". Pictures taken at the gig can be viewed at this location. ...
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New Orleans' FLOODGATE, featuring EXHORDER frontman Kyle Thomas, will resurface after a two-and-a-half-year period of dormancy to perform a headlining set at Zeppelin's in Metairie, Louisiana on Saturday, June 22nd. "Joining the band on drums will be EXHORDER's Chris Nail, who also was once the manager of FLOODGATE, and without whom we would not have ...
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SPINESHANK will begin pre-production on their upcoming album, titled Violent Mood Swings, with producer Howard Benson (i.e. SEPULTURA, P.O.D.) on May 28th. They expect to finish up the process a short time later and are slated to begin recording the album on June 10th. 15 songs in total are set to be tracked, with around ...
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Welsh raga/metal outfit SKINDRED, featuring former members of DUB WAR, have pushed back the European release date of their debut CD, entitled Babylon, to June 3rd through RCA/BMG Records. Babylon was produced by Howard Benson (i.e. P.O.D., SEPULTURA, MOTORHEAD, ZEBRAHEAD, etc.) and mixed by Rick Will (i.e. INCUBUS, FEAR FACTORY). Prior to the release of ...
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Since FEAR FACTORY officially called it quits in early March, very little has been heard from the band themselves, with the four members of the group choosing to each deal with the break-up of this long-running group by immersing themselves in new projects rather than speaking out publicly on what was, by all accounts, a ...
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