Original Testament Lineup To Play
The original lineup of Testament will headline the Thrash Against Cancer benefit, which will be held at The Pound's amphitheatre on Saturday, July 9. This will be their first show in San Francisco since 1993 with the classic lineup that recorded "The Legacy."
Brocas Helm, Dreams Of Damnation (featuring former Dark Angel guitarist Jim Durkin), Agent Steel, and Dekapitator (featuring Andy Maniac and Matt Hellfiend of Exhumed) have recently been added to the bill.
HIRAX, Laaz Rockit, Vicious Rumors, and Mudface (Death Angel guitarist Ted Aguilar's side project), original Anthrax vocalist Neil Turbin and his band Deathriders, Imagika, will also lend their support to this historic event. Steve "Zetro" Souza, ex-vocalist for Bay area thrash bands Legacy and Exodus, will emcee the benefit.
Proceeds from Thrash Against Cancer will aid in the financial recovery of families dealing with life-altering medical diagnoses.
Tickets for Thrash Against Cancer benefit are $40 in advance and are available through Ticketfusion.com and at The Pound SF's box office (415-826-5009), as well as www.poundsf.com. Ticket price includes a barbecued item, a beer or soda, and a raffle ticket. Halo Guitars has donated a guitar for the raffle, and some of the bands will be donating their personal gear to be raffled off as well.
http://www.thrashagainstcancer.com
http://www.testamentlegions.com
Shadows Fall Become Top Selling Century Media Act
SHADOWS FALL recently added another milestone achievement to their already triumphant year as their latest album, The War Within, becomes the highest SoundScan selling U.S. release in Century Media's illustrious 14-year history. This impressive accomplishment comes after the group completed a successful U.S. arena tour alongside Slipknot while the critically acclaimed The War Within surpassed the 200,000 U.S. SoundScan plateau last month.
Things are only just beginning to heat up for the group as they're set to perform on the main stage at Ozzfest this summer, thereby not only becoming the first band of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal genre to achieve that honor, but one of the few in history to make the leap from the second stage to the main stage.
Official Band Website - www.shadowsfallrocks.com
Iron Maiden CD
Legendary Metal band Iron Maiden will release the career-spanning, two-CD compilation The Essential Iron Maiden through Sanctuary Records on July 12, 2005.
