Weekly NewsTape of Doom/Death Music (June, 18)

Earache has inked a deal with EMusic and the site is delivering digital versions of their whole back catalogue, including some rare and out of print album that are not available for years. Users can download entire albums for 9$ or individual songs for 99 cents. For more info check out www.earache.com

American metallers Cage are currently finishing up their new album "Astrology" in Las Vegas. The band plans to release the album in late August or early September. A tour will follow the release of the album.

Firebird's self-titled debut featuring ex-Carcass guitarist/vocalist Bill Steer, Leo Smee (CathedralL) and Ludwig Wiu (Spiritual Beggars) will soon be released by Rise Above. Te album is heavily influenced by blues and it is available in Japan for about a year now.

The new studio album of Cryptosy will be released later this year. The album is titled "And Then You'll Beg" and the band will start recording it during the summer.

Now that David Lee Roth is officially back in Van Halen the new rumors are about the title of their forthcoming album. According to these rumors it will be titled "Reawakening The Giant" and it will have 12 to 14 songs.

Another band has emerged recently from the Japanese scene. The project is called Double Dealer and it features the guitar player of Concert Moon Norifumi Shima and the vocalist of Saber Tiger Takenori Simoyama.

The next release of Great White will be a greatest hits album. The album is scheduled to be released in July 18th.

Axe are hard at work working at their new studio album. They have already completed several songs and the album will be released in summer.

The new album of Destroyer 666 is titled "Phoenix Rising". The band is currently recording the album which will be released in Autumn.

Review of the week:

DISPATCHED - Motherwar / Music For Nations

This is the debut album of these guys from Sweden and it is a good one. Now as to what they are playing... well it's somehow strange but it can be described as a mix of classic metal and black metal. Classic metal riffs, machine-gun like drums, some melodies and aggressive black metal like vocals. Add the straight in your face attitude and you get the picture. The album does not start well since the intro is simply the Iron Maiden song "Clansman" but what continues is an absolute metal holocaust. The cover of Europe's "Final Countdown" is absolutely great, since it sounds much more noisy, much more aggressive, much more... black. Their own songs have some interesting arrangements and they drip metal all the way. Yeah that's what I call evolution, that's what I call progression. Take two genres of different styles of metal and blend them together in a way that reminds no other band around and in a way that introduces to the people a new and fresh approach to music. Check it out.

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