Have you made plans for Halloween this weekend yet? HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Cradle of Filth! “This year is gonna be a special kind of celebration for us. Firstly, we are not always together as a band on this so special of holidays. We usually spend the time with our fiends in our home towns attending private parties or spooky back street night clubs etc. But this year is going to be great because secondly, we are actaully doing a show in Quebec, the first of the World tour for the new album ‘Nymphetamine’. Seen as the show is already sold out then it’s a pretty exclusive party and how better to celebrate than to have your fave band Cradle of Filth perform for you? I know everyone will be dressed for death and to fit in with the atmosphere of the new album I hope all the beautiful females in the audience are going to make this a night for us to remember too.”

Chimaira’s debut DVD, The Dehumanizing Process, is OUT. But of course, you already know that. Now, in case you were not clear, 2 discs come in the package: 1) a DVD that houses a 90 minute documentary covering everything you could possibly want to know about the world of Chimaira over the past 2 years, plus a live concert and videos, and 2) a CD that is the This Present Darkness EP (now out of print) with bonus tracks. Ahhh, that reminds us, check out our MUSIC section section. Now posted, an MP3 of the title track from the band’s original EP, This Present Darkness. Enjoy. In other Chimaira news, be sure to check out the following couple of links for reviews on the band’s DVD: The Cleveland Scene and The Cleveland Free Times – plus you can read more in their PRESS section.

This past weekend Obituary finished up a 15 date European tour run. The good folk at RockersDigest.com have written a review of the band’s Oct 21 show at the Electric Ballroom in London for our review, complete with pics to boot. You can check out the goods HERE.

We’re sorry to let you know that Every Time I Die will no longer be appearing on the forthcoming Atreyu UK tour dates. The guys continue to support their friend Jeff, as mentioned before, and have decided the pre-Christmas time is really needed to spend working on their new album. They send their apologies to their UK fans and hope you understand, and promise to return for dates in the new year.

Most Precious Blood are currently out on the road in Australia for a few shows! When we got in today, we found a little note sent in from Justin to you all… “Hello from Byron Bay, Australia. Life is good here, very laid back. We’re not used to this sort of thing being from New York City but we’re adapting well. Last night was Brisbaine and it was wild, tonight we play Byron Bay. Then off to Newcastle, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne. People here are all really cool to us and everything you see absolutely breathtaking. We’re taking lots of photos, doing the tourist thing. We’ve also been playing a new cover of Nine Inch Nails “Head Like A Hole” every night. That is sure to confuse everyone. See u all soon!” Justin

Mixing imminent with Andy Sneap, update from the band… “Hello everyone, Hope you are all doing well – Got some news to share – first we are pleased to announce that Paul Romano, Work Hardened Studios will be doing all of the artwork/graphics for our upcoming CD ASCENDANCY slated for a February 2005 release. Matt provided Paul with the original artwork, story & concept and Paul will take it to a whole ‘nother level – what we have seen so far looks awesome. Most of the studio work with Jason is completed – some clean up in progress right now, but the “screaming-ass” vocals, clean vocals, drums, bass, melodic guitars and solos are pretty much completed and sound pretty damn good. Next on the agenda is to deliver what we have to Andy Sneap – Backstage Productions/Studios in Derbyshire, England. Travis & Matt will be leaving for England November 5th to work with Andy during the final mix and mastering of Ascendancy. This obviously will be a great learning experience – Andy has mixed/mastered/produced some great CD’s so we can’t wait to get started. We are fans of the band Every Time I Die and recently we became aware of the situation they had when their “6th” member Jeff Stanahan roadie, merch man, great friend of the band became very seriously ill while on the road – Jeff is in a hospital in St. Louis hundreds of miles from home – he needs all of our help not only with our positive thoughts and prayers but in helping raise some additional money to offset his hospital bills. ETID tours their asses off and anyone who is in this game knows that is part of the drill – so when someone becomes ill and needs help it is important we all do what we can to help out – to donate to Jeff’s cause and help him and his family out please click on this link BENEFIT INFORMATION FOR JEFF “Durst” STRANAHAN to read the story and donate what you can to help out – we know it will be appreciated. We want to thank those of you that have purchased shirts and CD’s off the Trivium web site – we ran out of stock and just recently got all the backorders filled – so Thank You very much for your support and patience – we still have some work to do on the shop – but we will get to it and make it better with more selections. We also want to thank everyone who has emailed and asked to be a part of the Trivium street team – while we don’t have anything formally set up we are looking into it for next year – we know how much the Roadrunner Street teams helps out and we appreciate that – we need to do more in that area and are looking into the best ways to do it where we can manage it properly. Well that about does it – as always…. Thanks for your support, m/ Corey, Paolo, Travis & Matt”

This summer, Every Time I Die went off to Camp Ozzfest for a couple of months… recently on Oct 15th, Keith (vocals) wrote a letter home… “First of all, let me start off by pointing out that this assignment is bullshit and me and the rest of your students feel that your moustache looks like a bird’s pussy. That being said, my summer vacation was pure balls. I was super bummed at first when my gaylord Dad and my dyke Mom told me I had to go to camp for two whole months, but if I could go back in time I would probably think twice about taking a shit in their car. Who would have thought I could have so much fun? The Camp Ozzfest counselors were all super nice to us. Every morning they would greet us with deli meats, soda, water and more beer than I ever dreamed of! Believe me when I say í¢ä‰åñFuck! That’s a lot of beer I drank!í¢ä‰åŒ. After an unhealthy amount of them, the kids in Camp í¢ä‰åñShadows Fallí¢ä‰åŒ and the long haired Lambs of God all started a bonfire in the woods and smoked cigarettes that smelled like a freshly cut lawn. Usually cigarettes smell like my grandpas hair, but not these kind. They smelled so delicious that I was easily convinced to smoke three. The next morning I woke up with 7 empty bags of Doritos next to my head and a henna tattoo that looked like the cover of the first Spin Doctors record. The next day at 5 pm, everyone in camp was required to attend a í¢ä‰åñSuperjoint Ritualí¢ä‰åŒ in order to hear one of the head counselors, Mr. Anselmo, speak to us about the importance of í¢ä‰åñeating pussy until our jaws fell offí¢ä‰åŒ. It was actually quite inspirational, and I believe that everyone in attendance walked away feeling-in a sense- lifted. He finished his lecture with words that struck a chord within the very essence of my being, advice that I will not soon forget, or understand. í¢ä‰åñThis is something that our father did and our forefathers and their fathers did that I fuckin hope we can live and die by. Other than that, everyone else can suck my dickí¢ä‰åŒ. Single, tiny tearí¢ä‰åŒ_í¢ä‰åŒ_ I got along magically with the other kids in the camp surrounding the lake. Every night after we completed our mandatory daily activities of begging to see boobs, playing music and drinking, we would meet in the commons and take our shirts off. Ive never been a part of such an overwhelmingly coercive mob before, but our í¢ä‰åñShirts Off Crewí¢ä‰åŒ was violently and unmercifully recruiting new members by the tens every night. It was a way for us to get to know each other, and also gave us the chance to laugh quietly at each others ghastly imperfections. Based solely on their physique, I would have granted Camp Unearth with the í¢ä‰åñWorld’s Hairiest Grandmotherí¢ä‰åŒ award, had there actually been a contest. For weeks I found myself enthusiastically enlisted in activities that I felt would broaden my cultural horizons and refine my appalling social skills. I made 47 boondoggle keychains with my peculiar friend Ozzy, who used the activities as a way to distract himself from what he called í¢ä‰åñthe seductive whispers of the white horseí¢ä‰åŒ. I’m not necessarily certain what that meant, but I never saw a single horse on the campground. Zakk Wyld taught me to whittle, and within the first week I had fashioned a triumphant, 3 minute blistering guitar solo out of the trunk of a maple tree. Counselor Halford often help to ease my fear of the germs that live and breed in the public showers by keeping a close eye on me through a hole in the bathroom wall. I found his level of devotion to this task quite unnerving at first, but he assured me that he was simply í¢ä‰åñHell Bent for Latherí¢ä‰åŒ. On another afternoon 9 camp clowns taught me how to make a record that sells hundreds of thousands out of balloons, and Tom Araya and myself made a macromet bust of Kerry King who showed his appreciation by punching me unconscious and, according to witness reports, taking my limp body and spreading it eagle under the tires of a construction vehicle. The kids in Camp God Forbid are magnificent story tellers, as every night before retiring to bed, we would sit around the fire and hear terrifying stories of a monster who they called í¢ä‰åñThe Man.í¢ä‰åŒ. Just thinking of the atrocities that they relayed sends shivers up my spine. Most impressive, however, was Jamey from Camp Hatebreed who proved to be an indispensable swimmer (and friend!). One evening a few kids from Camp Throwdown snuck out of their cabins after cerfew and headed downstream in a kayak which unbelievably caught fire just seconds before plummeting over a 40 foot waterfall! Hearing their death metal bellows for help, Jamey awakened from a deep sleep and responded by plunging into the stream in an attempt to rescue the forlorn children. However, in spite of all his efforts, Jamey could not pull Dave out of the fiery aquatic transport before they both tumbled over the falls and into a whirlpool! Seeing no other option, Jamey and Dave whipped up a circle pit that in the opposite direction of the cyclone and completely nullified the swirling dangers of the water! It was amazing! Once the danger was placated, Shagrath from Camp Dimmu swooped down from out of nowhere, grabbed the kids by the back of their shirts and flew them to safety before disappearing just as quickly as he appeared. The only time I saw Shagrath other than on that fateful night was at the camp bake-off, where he presented a mouth-watering recipe for what he called his í¢ä‰åñBundt Cake Fruit Celebrationí¢ä‰åŒ. And celebrate we did. As one could expect from a gang of drunken teenagers on an unsupervised romp across the country, lust blossomed immediately and ended a few uncomfortable minutes later. My cabin mate Jeff romanced a sultry young vixen by offering her glass after glass of the finest whiskey available before leading her into his bunk for an evening full of awkward passion. He blushes whenever we bring up her name, mainly because he didn’t even know what her name was. He’s so funny like that. I think he’ll make a great illegitimate father. I have also developed an appreciation for what my guidance counselor calls the í¢ä‰åñalternative lifestyleí¢ä‰åŒ after witnessing multitudes of the females at camp fondling each other after drinking something called Jagermeister, which im assuming is an ancient Chinese aphrodisiac. Whatever it is, it worked wonders in bringing kids of all ages and levels of physical attraction together for personal encounters behind the dumpster. I wish I could remember more of the exploits, the verbal toss-abouts, the proverbial oceans of tears we shed, the literal oceans of alcohol we ingested, the figurative í¢ä‰åñgrassí¢ä‰åŒ we í¢ä‰åñsmokedí¢ä‰åŒ, the specific name of the figurative í¢ä‰åñgrassí¢ä‰åŒ we í¢ä‰åñsmokedí¢ä‰åŒ, the reason I wound up in handcuffs, or what we did with that body we found. Unfortunately, life is not a catalog of events that blend into each other as seamlessly as the episodes of a sitcom. This summer was not something that can be indexed, relayed objectively, remembered fully or told, under any circumstances, to our girlfriends. It was an overwhelming, oft times surreal explosion of unfamiliar feelings, and the most we can do is to try to make sense of them before we die of cancer or anorexia. I still think this assignment is garbage, but I’m glad for the opportunity to realize that my life fucking owns.” If you didn’t laugh while reading that, you clearly have no sense of humour. Did you know? Keith was asked to write that for US mag Revolver. However, once he sent it over, they deemed it unprintable, and it never made the pages. So we thought we’d bring it to you by the powers of the internet instead. Rock on.

Did you know? Machine Head are set to release a brand new single to coincide with their UK tour dates. The single is ‘Days Turn Blue To Gray’, the track the band recently shot a new video for. The single will be available in 2 formats – a limited edition 7í¢ä‰åŒ picture disc and CD. However! While the picture disc will be available through the usual stores (HMV, Virgin, and Indies), the CD will only be available by mail order, and only from this site. The tracklistings are as follows: 7í¢ä‰åŒ Pic Disc A. Days Turn Blue To Gray B. Season’s Wither CD 1. Days Turn Blue To Gray 2. Season’s Wither 3. The Rage To Overcome (Live @ 10th Anniversary ‘Burn My Eyes’ show) Both formats will be released on November 22.

We’re going to let you see some of the Chimaira DVD before you go and buy it! Or just coz you want to see it on a big screen! Head on over to the following clubs this week to catch a screening… Cathouse (Glasgow) í¢ä‰åäóì 28.10.04 Jillys Rock World (Manchester) í¢ä‰åäóì 30.10.04 Krazyhouse (Liverpool) í¢ä‰åäóì 29.10.04 Rock City (Nottingham) í¢ä‰åäóì 30.10.04 Sin City (Electric Ballroom London) í¢ä‰åäóì 29.10.04

Do take note, Machine Head tickets are going fast! Manchester & Newcastle dates are now SOLD OUT. Leeds is also going quick…