Doom/Death Music News Tape (July, 29)

Wait for a book to be released shortly showcasing the entire history of Venom. Along with the book a video will accompany it to showcase the history of the bands in pictures. Venom are working with Damien from Terrorizer in this project. The video will include footage from the very first gig of the band in a church in 1979.

Motorhead drummer, Mikky Dee, got drunk recently in a Holiday Inn Hotel in Denver and forgot which was his room. The result was to start banging the wrong door and the man who actually lived there called the security of the hotel to solve the problem.

Cult Canadian 80s Thrashers Anvil are writing a new album. The album will be released in January 2001 and the title is "Plenty Of Power".

Beseech managed to sign a deal with Pavement Music. The new album of the band which is titled "Black Emotions" is already released.

After changing record company Malevolent Creation plan to enter the studio in July to record their new studio album. The album will probably be released in October.

The new album of Helloween will be finished this month. The band has recorded 15 songs and they will use 12 on the album while the rest will be used as b-sides. Helloween are refusing to reveal the title of the new album.

In Aeturnum have finished working on their next studio album. The title of the album is "The Pestilence Plague" and it will be released in August 15th.

The ex-Iron Maiden vocalist Paul DiAnno has a new album out with his personal band called DiAnno. The album is titled "Nomad" and is released through Encore Records and the band will tour the States during summer.

The new album of Solstice is titled "Halcyon". It is also available in a special picture vinyl which features the Manowar cover "Gloves Of Metal" in a limited edition.

The next release of brutal Death Metallers Cannibal Corpse will be a live album and video, also on DVD, titled "Live Cannibalism". It was recorded in Milwaukee during the Death Metal Massacre Tour.

Death Metallers Immolation are currently working on their new studio album. The band hopes to enter the studio soon enough and the new album is scheduled for an early 2001 release.

Review of the week:

ALICE COOPER - Brutal Planet / Eagle Rock

Alice Cooper is an old story in music. In the past he has given us some excellent albums of Hard Rock especially before his American period which begun with "Trash". It's been quite a while since his last album and it seems that all these years of rest had their effect in him and his music. "Brutal Planet" is the heaviest album he has done so far, mixing elements from his early Hard Rock days, plus his later more American sounding albums. The result is the closest album to the term heavy metal he has done so far and it's an ass kicking album from the start till the end. The songs are catchy and groovy, with absolutely great melodic lines, but the surprise comes in the form of the sound of the rhythm guitar. The riffs are simply amazing. The voice of Alice Cooper sounds better than even and you get the feeling that he is young and not well over 60. The album is a concept one and one can find several references to the modern world and to our society. It's all happening in a fictional world but the references are more than obvious. Alice Cooper has both the talent and the experience and he seems to take good advantage of both. The production is perfect with the guitars sounding really heavy and the voice being high, but not so high as to draw the other instruments. You really have to try hard to find something bad in the album. If you are into Hard Rock and classic metal then you're gonna dig it. Highly recommended.

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