What others are saying (i.e. not one of the following words come from our trap): “Hardcore kids, metal kids, punk kids, and mainstream kids will find a common ground with this record! Kids will dig this record period! And for you adult/kids like me you’ll love spinning it too! 10 out of 10….one of those records that catches you immediately!” – www.megakungfu.com “With aspects of hardcore, emo, heavy metal, and just flat out rock and roll, 36 Crazyfists really captivates you to a point of awe. Add the unique vocals of Brock Lindow and you have yourself one very interesting combination.” www.digital-noise.net “Brock has one of the most unique voices out there giving the band a signature sound unlike any other. The energy of their live show clearly escalates. See for yourself. Brock had a wound on his forehead and a black eye when we sat down with him to discuss the release of the album, Anchorage, Alaska, and life on the road for their first ever nationwide tour.” www.noizepollution.com “They attracted me from the first time I heard the opener, “Turns to Ashes” with Hatebreed-type screams and a chorus sounding like Our Lady Peace in many ways.” www.soulineyes.com “BITTERNESS THE STAR, is an absolute must for your collection.” – www.eastcoastromper.com “9 out of 10” – www.nosebleed17.com “4 stars” – allmusicguide.com “Putting their own unique twist on the current metal sound, 36 Crazyfists rise out from the frozen tundra of Alaska to put the state on the metal map.” www.rockrage.com “36 Crazyfists introduces their own spin on modern metal fusion, juggling a collection of varied influences with outright accessibility.” www.uraniummusic.com “This album is still one of the finest hard rock/metal debuts in a good while.” www.ink19.com “The amazing thing about Bitterness The Star is that it just fills you up with energy, the energy that makes you want to scream every lyric to every song.” www.noozi.com “4 stars” – www.undevoured.com “With their roadrunner debut “Bitterness The Star”, this band have shown an enormous amount of emotion and creativity that could possibly put Alaska on the music map.” www.inverse-music.com “36 Crazyfists’ sonically challenging debut, Bitterness The Star, is a startling venture into heavy emo-driven aggressiveness.” www.the-eko.com

Here is the track listing for Bitterness The Star. 1. Turns To Ashes 2. One More Word 3. An Agreement Called Forever 4. Eightminutesupsidedown 5. Slit Wrist Theory 6. Bury Me Where I Fall 7. Dislocate 8. Two Months From A Year 9. Chalk White 10. All I Am 11. Ceramic 12. Circle The Drain 13. Left Hand Charity We know how you don’t necessarily like reading our opinions about upcoming Roadrunner releases…we can be biased, ja? Well, in regards to the upcoming 36 Crazyfists debut titled Bitterness The Star, the first review of this work is in. And word has it this is a “ground breaking record”, that it “smashes your perceptions of what a hardcore band or a modern rock band should sound like”, that it contains a chorus “as powerful as getting your balls caught in the zipper of your pants”, that this is a “heavy record period”, that this is a “heavy band period”, and even that “hardcore kids, metal kids, punk kids, and mainstream kids will find a common ground with this record.” Apparently, all of this is true…and none of the above quotes came from our mouth. Curious? Courtesy of the folks at www.megakungfu.com, the debut review of the debut 36 Crazyfists release is as follows: 36 Crazy Fists – Bitterness The Star (Reviewer: Derek) Forget trying to label 36 Crazy Fists. Remove the thought from your mind! Just understand, this is simply a record only this is a record you have never heard before. “Yeah, shut up Derek, you aren’t making sense!” Okay try this, think of the modern rock guitar sounds of Linkin Park or P.O.D! Now mush the guitars with the vocals from NORA, as well as the vocals from Our Lady Peace ! Then for good measure mix in some Poison The Well and maybe some emo! That would be the closest you will come to 36 Crazy Fists. Sound like a mess? Its not! “Bitterness The Star” is a ground breaking record that smashes your perceptions of what a hardcore band or a modern rock band should sound like! “Turn To Ashes” starts the effort off with a bang! The string work takes on an evil life of its own while Brock shows his dynamic vocal range. One second screams of agony, the next instant is Brock singing with a voice that says “Here me now!” Lyrics for your viewing pleasure: ” And everything’s still horrible since everyone still dies!” “One More Word” defines who the band is. The pace is faster in nature. Carl Severson (I truly believe he is the son of Satan) of Nora supplies a gut wrenching spine to the track, while Brock releases with an equal passion. What is fascinating is the guitar work. The division between hardcore and that modern rock sound is apparent! It really is a collision of genres! Truly amazing song! For the pit goers of America I bring you “Eightminuteupsidedown”. There are huge breakdowns in this song. Turn the dime over, and you have this hooky melodic section that allows Brock to show his voice for all to hear. But fear not, Holt unleashes more of those killer breakdowns, and even throw in some old school metal harmonics and squeals! Yummy! I think “Still Wrist Theory” is the most complete song on the record. The chorus is as powerful as getting your balls caught in the zipper of your pants. It is painful to listen to. To give you an idea of what I mean, read this: “Get the fuck out, stay the fuck out! It makes me sick (Im alright). Slit wrist theory stains us all…And caved the fuck in, and bashed the fuck in, its so old. Slit wrist theory stains us all!” Wait till you hear it live! Steve Esquivel joins the band for “Bury Me Where I Fall”. Not only is this a great name for a song, it is destructive. Steves low grunt compliments the song perfectly! Yet again a hooky chorus accompanies huge breakdowns! It would be very easy to compliment each track on this record. One through thirteen takes the listener on a journey! The whole process is a spit in the face of any label maker. This is a heavy record period! 36 Crazy Fists is a heavy band period! Hardcore kids, metal kids, punk kids, and mainstream kids will find a common ground with this record! Kids will dig this record period! And for you adult/kids like me you’ll love spinning it too! Derek’s Scale of 1 to 10: 10, One of those records that catches you immediately!

December 2001: “We’re 36 Crazyfists, we’re from Alaska, and this is what we sound like”, Brock humbly said to start off the show… 36 Crazyfists hit NYC for a live showing. After all is said and done, they will have played four shows there on the East Coast. However, the main reason for this trip out east was to attend to the mixing of their debut Bitterness The Star. Not sure if the set seemed short because of time, or because they blistered through every song with an energy you wish you saw at every rock show. Either way, don’t blink your eyes…you might miss too much. The show at CBGB’s was actually called the Metal Christmas Ball. The evening, headed by Lamb of God, also featured SkyCameFalling, Every Time I Die, Stalemate, Haste, and Zao. Since last night was pretty much the first time many RR people saw 36 CF live, if you weren’t at the show, it shall be your first time too – you can check out some pics from the show in the photo gallery. They rolled into town this past Sunday night, late Sunday night, 4:00am, weary from the road…from across the country they came, re-writing the rules as they went along… Take what you will from the above, but we do confirm that 36 Crazyfists is currently in New York, having arrived on Sunday (Dec 2) after a couple shows over the weekend. In fact, this past weekend was the band’s first time playing live since?? Truthfully, except for local shows the band may have done on their own over the past year, we could not tell ya… So, it was a Saturday night show in Cleveland, and Sunday in Erie…a couple hardcore shows to give them a chance to work out the kinks. interesting fact – playing with 36 Crazyfists on both shows over the weekend was Nora, a band which is fronted by our New Media guy at Roadrunner US, Carl. Interestingly enough, Carl also did guest vocals on a track called “One Word”, which will be on the 36 CF debut. Carl met up with 36 CF outside the club on Saturday before the show – “I walked in (their RV) and knew they were good to go.” The band was relaxing with a couple beers, Spinal Tap being played on the tv. As for the show, Carl tells “when they played, it sounded like the cd, and it’s a heavy cd. They are amazing live.” As for the differences from Saturday’s show to Sunday’s? Carl says “gettin better all the time”. He further explains, “that’s a Beatles line you jerk… and if you don’t know that, but you like Slayer, then that’s OK. If you hate The Beatles and Slayer, go close your hand in a door.” The 3rd show for 36 Crazyfists on this short trip will be Wednesday night Dec 5 in NYC at CBGB’s. 36 CF is scheduled to hit the stage at 8:30pm. Carl will be there. Who else will be there? That is right, the man behind the production gospel according to Dave, and he adds the following: Since 36 CF hit NY on Sunday night, they have been spending their time up at Scrap 60 Productions, finishing the mixing of their upcoming debut Bitterness The Star. The only break the band is taking is to play the show Wednesday night, and another show in Connecticut on the next night. 36 CF figures to be in town mixing until mid-next week. We are hoping to have the project mastered before Christmas. Now, if you have yet to do so, you are under direct orders to go and download the only MP3 we posted from these mixes – the “Turns To Ashes” download can be found under MUSIC. (note – this is not the final, final version). After speaking with 36 Crazyfists’ vocalist Brock from his home in Alaska, he tells that he just received a FedEx containing the first 2 test mixes – for the tracks “All I Am” and “One More Word”. Brock tells, “he (Thomas, drummer) says it’s good, so we’ll see…he’s a good character of judgement.” Though you might already be well aware of the sun’s habits in Alaska, for the time being, it is light out ALL the time…well almost all the time. As Brock tells, “1:30am it gets like dusk, come 3:00am the sun is right back in your face.” “Their record dude, it’s fuckin sick” – so says our US New Media guy Carl. June 17 concluded the recording sessions for the effort titled Bitterness The Star. Let’s take a look back at the last day of recording – Sunday, June 17th, 2001- At approximately 4:30 pm EST on Sunday afternoon, Roadrunner’s own US New Media guy, Carl Severson, arrived at Red Clay Studios wherein 36 CF were laying down the final vocal tracks. Once inside, Carl was greeted by 36 Crazyfist’s Steve Holt (guitarist) and Brock Lindow (vocals), Scrap 60 Production’s Eddie Wohl (heading the final session), and Eddie’s dog Tiger. Steve and Brock were in full on recording mode that day. This being the last day, all loose ends had to be tied up. Carl’s business on this day was to add some backing vocals to the track “One Word”. “It was real recording. No punch ins. It was pure, raw, and live,” Carl describes the experience. He, Brock, and Steve took turns belting out the lines to the chorus, back and forth. “I added the hardcore, metal band style to it,” Carl adds. On the subject of fellow vocalist Brock Lindow’s talent, Carl emphatically states “Brock’s voice is fucking insane.” Come 7:30 pm EST, Carl found himself driving back home. Thrilled about the experience that was just afforded to him. So how did this come about? Carl is the frontman for the US New Jersey based hardcore/metal crossover act Nora (see www.TheNoraRockMachine.com). “Oh, we’re based in Jersey, fuckin’ proud of it,” Carl explains as his smile turns into a sneer. One of Nora’s guitarists, Matt (now affectionately nicknamed ‘Portland’), used to live in Portland, Oregon, USA and was friends with 36 CF’s Brock. When ‘Portland’ moved to New Jersey to join Nora, Brock & Steve bought a Nora cd. And over drinks with 36 Crazyfists one night back in the beginning of recording, they asked Carl to join them for a track. There is another guest appearance on the upcoming Bitterness The Star LP. Steev from Skinlab, a good friend of 36 CF, joined them in the studio a couple weekends back to do some vocals on the track “Bury Me Where I Fall”. Here’s a quote direct from the VP of A&R at Roadrunner, “Coolest vocals I’ve ever heard in a band. Unique, different, like nothing else out there right now… watch for them to blow up in 2001.” Roadrunner’s new recruits, 36CRAZYFISTS, are a swirling, dynamic experience in musical brutality. Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska, the band has been honing in their fury to a razor sharp edge since 1995! Check out mp3s from their recent demo sessions, ‘Circle The Drain’ and ‘Chalk White’. The guys took some time out in the US recently to answer some fan questions – here’s the questions and the answers for you to read! 1) How long have you guys been playing together, and what made you decide to become musicians? í¢ä‰åäóì Dave Jones answer – We have been playing together as 36 Crazyfists since 1994. We became musicians because we love music! 2) I met 36 Crazyfists at the Hinge video shoot. I wanna know if they will be making a video like I asked them to do here in NYC? í¢ä‰åäóì Lilbizkit142 answer – We haven’t any plans to shoot a video, but maybe down the road a little we will. Right now, we’re just focusing on finishing our album. 3) I have a question for Brock Lindow í¢ä‰åäóì How did he get involved in the recording, and what can he tell us about the song? í¢ä‰åäóì Dan Madole answer – Assuming this question is about í¢ä‰åñCircle The Drainí¢ä‰åŒ, the song is just about a time when I was living very dishonestly, and had somewhat of a gambling problem. I’m really shitty with money and at times I tend to get in over my head. 4) What bands would each of you consider your greatest influence? í¢ä‰åäóì C. Hazen answer – Brock would say his greatest influence for getting into music in the first place would be Metallica and Faith No More. Thomas would say the Cure and Metallica. Steve would say Metallica. Mick would say Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. 5) What affect do you feel being in a remote area like Alaska has had on your music? í¢ä‰åäóì J. Wittson answer – I’m not sure of the affect Alaska had on our music, but the close knit scene up there was a really positive upbringing for our band. 6) My simple question í¢ä‰åäóì Why did you wait so long to start recording your album? I have been listening to í¢ä‰åñCircle The Drainí¢ä‰åŒ since I saw it posted last year. My mouth has been watering ever since. Please hurry up and drop the bomb on the industry, your sound is what we all need some more of. í¢ä‰åäóì DelRaeClwn answer – We actually wrote í¢ä‰åñCircle The Drainí¢ä‰åŒ in 99, so it was on our demo back then and we got signed a year later. We went through quite a few months of legal business, it’s not the fastest process in the world, at least from our experience. 7) If you could tour with any 3 bands, past or present, who would it be and why? í¢ä‰åäóì Mike M. answer – We’d say Sabbath for the mere fact that they rule, Deftones because we’re huge fans of them, and Metallica because they were our favorite band growing up. 8) I was recently at a show where I got a cd with a bunch of stuff from new artists signed to Roadrunner Records, and on it was the demo for í¢ä‰åñCircle The Drainí¢ä‰åŒ, which in my opinion is a really bad ass tune, and I personally will be on the look out for your new stuff. But anyways, my question is this í¢ä‰åäóì What are the stronger influences that made you want to play music, and what drew you to the style that you have chosen to play? í¢ä‰åäóì Mustaine1313 answer – We already answered the influences, but as for the style, heavy music seems to be the outlet we have for any of life’s frustrations. 9) The lyrics in your songs are deep and heartfelt, it definitely shows in the onstage performance. Are your lyrics induced from any euphoric and/or bad experiences or battles with drugs? (be honest, we’ll still love you) í¢ä‰åäóì Deattaleducangel answer – None of the lyrics are really about drugs except for the mistakes you can make with alcohol. Just basically about relationshit mishaps to typical human error! 10) What bands will you anticipate touring with in the near future? í¢ä‰åäóì Deattaleducangel answer – We haven’t really heard who we will tour with yet, but by mid Summer we hope to be on the road. So, we will definitely know with who, I’m assuming, fairly soon. 11) If your music was a car, what kind would it be? Also, when can we expect your album to be released? í¢ä‰åäóì Jason C answer – I’d say we are a pretty banged up vehicle, we’ve gathered some definite scars throughout the years from losing band members to death. But I’d say we’re still running pretty smooth. 12) Do you have any independent shit? I was wondering if you already released anything or will be releasing some old stuff that I can get í¢ä‰åäóì I am one of the biggest 36 fans out there! í¢ä‰åäóì Againstbigots answer – Unfortunately, we haven’t anymore copies of our earlier stuff, but it is floating out there. We had a full length CD in 1997 called In The Skin and an EP in 95 called The Boss Buckle EP, and an EP in 95 cakked Suffer Tree. 13) With you guys being from Alaska, I would imagine it being hard for you guys to be noticed. What’s the music scene like over there and how did you guys eventually get your music out to the public? answer – Anchorage’s music scene is small, but there are the most original sounding bands coming from there. For such a small place, not one band sounds alike. It’s a very cool place to have grown up and experienced the scene for many years. We moved to Portland, OR and met the guys in Skinlab and they kinda took us under their wing and helped up get our music to the right people. 14) Will the song í¢ä‰åñSuffer Treeí¢ä‰åŒ (about your late bassist) be on Bitterness The Star? í¢ä‰åäóì Christopher H. answer – í¢ä‰åñSuffer Treeí¢ä‰åŒ won’t make the CD. It was put out in 1996. 15) How does recording your music with a major record label differ from recording your own music independently? Are you more focused on getting it done right or do you still try to have fun with it all? í¢ä‰åäóì Kellie I. answer – We are having fun but it’s definitely much more professional on this level and it sounds much better. It has been an amazing process so far.

Exmortem guitarist Martin Thim is the newest recruit to Illdisposed. “Martin is known for his longtime work with the Danish death metallers Exmortem, and he has been a friend of Illdisposed for many years,” the band’s site offers. “Martin begins in the band immediately, both playing live and participating in creating the next album. Therefore we are aiming to give some of the new songs a more hard and brutal twist.

CRADLE OF FILTH drummer Adrian Erlandsson will be participating in Mike Dolbear’s Master Class Room, set to take place September 24-25 at the Wembley Conference Centre in Wembley. A posting at MikeDolbear.com reads as follows: “For the second year running Mike Dolbear’s will be co-sponsoring the biggest drum show in the UK. After the tremendous success of our master classes last year we’ve kept the same format for this years master class room with, as ever, a very strong line up. The MikeDolbear.com Master Class Room will play host to four of the top players in their respective genres allowing you to listen and learn from the masters. Education is the focus of our master classes and with seating limited to 75 people there is plenty of opportunity to ask questions, see the action and chat with these artists. “The CRADLE OF FILTH and AT THE GATES sticksman [Adrian Erlandsson] shows all the budding rockers and metallers how it’s really done in this master class of rock drumming. Fast and heavy does exactly what it says on the tin! “Approached initially to work on a session by CRADLE OF FILTH at the Dynamo gig in 1999, Erlandsson was asked to join the band two weeks later. His stamp on albums ‘From the Cradle to Enslave’, ‘Midian’ and ‘Bitter Suites to Succubi’, made an instant impression on the heavy rock community. “If hard and fast is your thing, or you’d like to see how it’s done, you’d be a fool to miss this unique opportunity to steal the licks of one of the genre’s best players.” Adrian Erlandsson’s show times: Saturday, September 24: 11:00 a.m. í¢ä‰åäóì 12:00 p.m. Sunday, September 25: 12:15 p.m. í¢ä‰åäóì 1:15 p.m.

Check out some new ecards for the forthcoming releases: FEAR FACTORY – TRANSGRESSION CLICK HERE EVERY TIME I DIE – GUTTER PHENOMENON CLICK HERE WITHIN TEMPTATION – THE SILENT FORCE CLICK HERE

Here’s the tentative tracklist for Slipknot’s forthcoming double live CD. Not only is this a tentative list, it is not in the final playing order either. 01. The Blister Exists 02. (sic) 03. Pulse Of The Maggots 04. Vermilion 05. Duality 06. Wait And Bleed 07. Everything Ends 08. Surfacing 09. Spit It Out 10. Liberate 11. People=Shit 12. Disasterpiece 13. The Heretic Anthem 14. Left Behind 15. The Nameless 16. Iowa 17. Purity 18. Three Nil 19. Eeyore 20. Eyeless The release is scehduled for OCT/NOV.

CHIMAIRA’s new self-titled album is 4 days old today, yet already the response has been phenomenal. If you haven’t heard it yet I urge you to go to the ecard CLICK HERE or download NOTHING REMAINS from our MUSIC SECTION of the site. If you need more convincing, check out some of the awesome revies that are flooding in… “This album solidifies Chimaira’s name as one of the pioneers of modern thrash metal and I’ve no doubt that, with this release, they will be regarded in the future in the same way as the likes of Pantera and Sepultura are today.” – Loudplanet “‘Chimaira’ is the lethal weapon for mass destruction of your garden-variety muthas. Come to it, this makes Velvet Revolver sound like a retro-rocking bunch of the 1970s vintage!” – 9/10 DEO2 “This is without a doubt the album that Chimaira want it to be, it’s the one that will knock all the fence sitters down the embankment and onto the railway tracks just in time for the approaching rumble of impending death.” – MONTAG PRESS

Every Time I Die, Twelve Tribes & A Life Once Lost are currently ripping up the UK on the Under The Gun tour. However, between the drunken debauchery, late nights, drugs & women the bands like to flex their intellectual biceps by quizzing each other about their very existence. Probing their very being, they search for questions that have previously not been asked. In the hot seat today Robert Meadows (A Life Once Lost, vocalist, poet, soul seeker & single mother). And who is to do the probing i hear you ask? Well no man likes to probe another man, but when you are on tour it’s one of those things you have to do. So raise your hands for the DREADED DEMON – Sir Adam Jackson – (Twelve Tribes – Vocals). LET THE GAMES BEGIN!! 1.) So, Bob how long do you plan on growing your beard? ANS: I’m not sure to be honest with you. 2.) What are you exactly “HUNTING” on your new album? ANS: Bitches & Whores…….. SIKE!! 3.) Do you HUNT in real life? ANS: I do not. My brother-in-law does. 4.) What’s your favorite food on tour? ANS: PIZZA! 5.) What’s your worst injury on tour? ANS: Vomiting or Split lip 6.) If you had to KILL a member of your band, who would it be? ANS: Hmm, only one? To hard to choose 7.) If you had to have sex with a member of your band, who would it be? ANS: Myself… 8.) What do you hate about your Girlfriend? ANS: Please don’t make me answer this question. (For Bob’s personally safety we did not force him to answer this) 9.) Name 5 good things about TWELVE TRIBES. ANS: 1.DREADS 2.WEED 3. MERCH IS COOL 4.NICE DUDES 5.WE FINALLY GET TO TOUR TOGETHER 10.) Do you consider yourself a great artist? ANS: NOT YET… REMEMBER THE UNDER THE GUN TOUR RUNS UP UNTIL THE 14th OF AUGUST. A href=”about:blank” onclick=”alert(‘This content is no longer available’); return false;”>CLICK HERE FOR DATES & TICKET INFO