The 2003 installment of the Finnish Metal Music Awards (Sirkkelirock 2003) was held this past Saturday (January 3) at Tavastia Club in Helsinki.
The winners are as follows:
Finnish Band of the Year: CHILDREN OF BODOM Finnish Newcomer of the Year: MACHINE MEN Finnish Album of the Year: KOTITEOLLISUUS – "Helvetistä Itään" International Band: IRON MAIDEN International Newcomer: EVANESCENCE International Album: IRON MAIDEN – "Dance of Death" Producer of the Year: Mikko Karmila Metal Video of 2003: KOTITEOLLISUUS – "Minä Olen" Metal Event of 2003: Tuska Metal Festival
In addition, Sirkkelirock presented a special Lifetime Achievement Award to CANNIBAL CORPSE for acknowledged work in metal music.
The true leaders of death metal CANNIBAL CORPSE will be heading back to the studio on September 15th, 2003 to start the recording process for the follow up to their highly praised release "Gore Obsessed". The band will once again record at Sonic Ranch Studios in El Paso, Texas with Neil Kernon. More information including the album title will be announced shortly.
The masters of death metal, CANNIBAL CORPSE, have just reached the one million mark for combined sales of all their albums. This is a great achievement not only for the band and label but also for all death metal bands out there. It is not very often a truly heavy metal band reaches the Platinum mark and it just goes to show that it is possible. CANNIBAL CORPSE is one of the most prominent death metal bands ever unleashed upon the scene and have not let up since they started in 1990. Only a truly remarkable band such as CANNIBAL CORPSE can continue to reach their fans and still mean something to the death and heavy metal world...and reaching the one million mark proves it! So big congratulations go out to CANNIBAL CORPSE from all their friends and fans here at Metal Blade! The band is set to record their new album in September at Sonic Ranch Studios in El Paso, Texas, with producer Neil Kernon.
Malevolent Creation have officially been confirmed to perform at one of Europe's hottest summer season metal events, the prestigious Wacken Open Air Festival. Malevolent Creation have the honor of being in the first handful of confirmed bands, joining the likes of Iced Earth, Stratovarius, Nile, Gamma Ray and a reunion by California's Dark Angel that so far have been announced.
Malevolent Creation Tour Dates w/Cannibal Corpse December 2002 12/8 El Paso, TX Club 101 12/9 San Antonio, TX - The White Rabbit 12/10 Dallas, TX - Canyon Club 12/11 New Orleans, LA - Shim Sham Club 12/13 Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's 12/14 Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero 12/15 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room 12/16 Orlando, FL - The Social
Hot off the heels of the release of The Will To Kill, Malevolent Creation waste no time in bringing the devastating new material into the live arena. Malevolent Creation will be heading out on the second leg of the most extreme tour of the fall, joining friends and fellow Floridian's Cannibal Corpse as they trek through and crush Southern audiences. This string of shows will mark the first time that Malevolent Creation have toured the States in five years. Confirmed tour dates as of today are below.
Members of Malevolent Creation will be available for Interviews during their time on the road. For interview or guest list requests, please respond here. Requests are limited and on a first come first serve basis.
The Will To Kill hits the streets this Tuesday, November 5. Full scale touring of Europe and America will commence in 2003.
Tour Dates:
12/9 San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station 12/10 Fort Worth, TX - Canyon Club 12/11 New Orleans, LA - Shim Sham Club 12/13 Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's 12/14 Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero 12/15 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room 12/16 Orlando, FL - The Social (Possible addition of more West Coast dates to follow. )
CANNIBAL CORPSE will be releasing “Worm Infested”, a six song EP including three unreleased tracks from their most recent release, “Gore Obsessed”, a Japanese bonus track, a European bonus track, and a limited edition bonus track that appeared on “Gore Obsessed. “Worm Infested” is a strictly limited edition collectors EP, which will only be available through the initial pressing. Release date is the 7th of October, 2002.
"Worm Infested" tracklisting:
1. Systematic Elimination - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 2. Worm Infested - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 3. Demon’s Night - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (cover song of ACCEPT) 4. The Undead Will Feast - PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ONLY IN JAPAN 5. Confessions - PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON EUROPEAN VERSION OF LIVE CANNIBALISM 6. No Remorse - PREVIOUSLY RELEASED AS A LIMITED EDITION BONUS TRACK ON GORE OBSESSED
..the compilation featuring Megadeth ("Peace Sells"), Deicide ("Dead By Dawn"), Six Feet Under ("Hacked To Pieces"), Cannibal Corpse ("Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead"), S.O.D. ("United Forces"), Cradle Of Filth ("Principle Of Evil Made Flesh" ) and MORE. 15 bands, one CD and all you need to do to snag a copy is answer some simple metal trivia questions (below).
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RULES: Answer the questions. Win the goods. It's THAT simple. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SENT TO: maniacsmail@yahoo.com or maniacsmail@metalmaniacs.com
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(any entries sent to this address will not be accepted)
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or snail mailed to:
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Metal Maniacs - Deranged Contest,
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Include your full name, address, phone # and e-mail. All entries must be in by Monday, June 10th.
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1. Which drummer played on the Megadeth track “Peace Sells”?
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2. What does Deicide’s Glen Benton have burned into his forehead?
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3. Crowbar’s Kirk Windstein also performs with which New Orleans supergroup?
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4. The new Pissing Razors album is called ‘Where We Come From’. Where DO they come from?
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5. Chris Barnes of Six Feet Under is previously of what band?
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6. Which South Carolina band opened for Cradle Of Filth on their 2001 North American tour?
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7. Name five bands Danny Lilker has played in.
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8. What legendary NYHC band was fronted by Pro Pain’s Gary Meskil?
Here are some of the latest sales figures for various current and catalog metal/hard rock releases in the US (in total units sold to date since the albums were issued), as reported by Soundscan for the week ending February 24th, 2002:
AMEN - Amen: 16,353 AMEN - We Have…: 15,789 ANTHRAX - Sound Of White Noise: 511,105 ANTHRAX - Stomp 442: 114,974 ANTHRAX - Volume 8: 77,858 BIOHAZARD - Urban Discipline: 204,799 BIOHAZARD - State Of The World Address: 198,663 BIOHAZARD - Mata Leao: 51,377 BIOHAZARD - New World Disorder: 50,936 BIOHAZARD - Uncivilization: 18,835 C.O.C. - Wiseblood: 141,383 C.O.C. - America's Volume…: 52,170 CANNIBAL CORPSE - Gallery…: 51,164 CANNIBAL CORPSE - Bloodthirst: 36,128 DESTRUCTION - All Hell Breaks Loose: 3,080 DESTRUCTION - The Antichrist: 1,692 DREAM THEATER - Awake: 272,044 DREAM THEATER - Falling Into Infinity: 142,167 EXODUS - Force Of Habit: 52,262 EXODUS - Another Lesson In Violence: 7,241 GLASSJAW - Everything You Ever…: 35,306 HALFORD - Resurrection: 60,275 HALFORD - Live Insurrection: 24,478 JUDAS PRIEST - Jugulator: 108,009 JUDAS PRIEST - Demolition: 40,945 ICED EARTH - Something Wicked…: 40,336 ICED EARTH - Horror Show: 29,838 IRON MAIDEN - Brave New World: 233,706 KING DIAMOND - Spider's Lullaby: 29,214 KING DIAMOND - Voodoo: 32,785 MERCYFUL FATE - Dead Again: 22,195 MERCYFUL FATE - 9: 20,729 KREATOR - Violent Revolution: 2,351 MACHINE HEAD - Burn My Eyes: 144,465 MACHINE HEAD - The More Things Change…: 114,648 MACHINE HEAD - The Burning Red: 133,421 MACHINE HEAD - Supercharger: 41,622 MEGADETH - Youthanasia: 890,015 MEGADETH - Risk: 303,472 MEGADETH - The World Needs A Hero: 191,852 MORBID ANGEL - Formulas…: 42,819 MORBID ANGEL - Gateways…: 30,372 SEPULTURA - Chaos A.D.: 450,365 SEPULTURA - Roots: 355,471 SEPULTURA - Nation: 54,160 SKINLAB - Bound, Gagged…: 14,756 SKINLAB - Disembody…: 35,324 SLAYER - God Hates Us All: 170,411 SOIL - Scars: 112,614 TESTAMENT - Low: 112,365 TESTAMENT - Gathering: 50,301 VOIVOD - Outer Limits: 21,355 VOIVOD - Negatron: 8,044 VOIVOD - Phobos: 3,687
25.02.02 CANNIBAL CORPSE Gore Obsessed 11.03.02 CHINCHILLA The Last Millennium 11.03.02 FALCONER Chapters From A Vale Forlorn 25.03.02 VOMITORY Blood Rapture 25.03.02 BLUDGEON Crucify The Priest 08.04.02 THE CROWN Crowned In Terror 08.04.02 CANNIBAL CORPSE Live Cannibalism - Ultimate Edition (DVD) 22.04.02 BROKEN HOPE Bowels Of Repugnance + Swamped In Gore 22.04.02 BROKEN HOPE Repulsive Conception + Loathing 22.04.02 SAVATAGE The Dungeons Are Calling - Silver Edition 22.04.02 SAVATAGE Sirens - Silver Edition 06.05.02 RED AIM Flesh For Fantasy 06.05.02 BEYOND THE EMBRACE Against The Elements 20.05.02 ENGINE Superholic 03.06.02 EIDOLON Coma Nation 03.06.02 VADER Epitaph