The Dream (The Ultra Violet Edition)

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My first thought…some good some bad. Here are a few of the goods, bads and meh’s in my opinion.

• Good: Arch Enemy covers Dream Evil’s Book of Heavy Metal
• Bad: Warbringer covers Unleashed Execute Them All
• Meh: Firewind covers Nevermore’s Believe In Nothing (Not as good as I hoped)
• Good: Intronaut covers EYEHATEGOD’s Dixie Whiskey
• Bad: Manntis (Featuring In This Moment) Covering Lacuna Coil’s Heaven’s A Lie
• Meh: Wolf Cover Moonspell’s Alma Mater

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Century Media

CD 1

1. ARCH ENEMY covering DREAM EVIL’s "The Book Of Heavy Metal"
2. DARK TRANQUILLITY covering SENTENCED’s "Broken"
3. HEAVEN SHALL BURN covering TIAMAT’s "Whatever That Hurts"
4. SHADOWS FALL covering ONLY LIVING WITNESS’s "December"
5. BRAND NEW SIN covering ICED EARTH’s "Watching Over Me"
6. WOLF covering MOONSPELL’s "Alma Mater"
7. MERCENARY covering ARCH ENEMY’s "Burning Angel"
8. GOD FORBID covering MERAUDER’s "Master Killer"
9. WARBRINGER covering UNLEASHED’s "Execute Them All"
10. GRAVE covering ASPHYX’s "Vermin"
11. ARCHITECTS covering STAMPIN’ GROUND’s "Officer Down"
12. NAPALM DEATH covering DESPAIR’s "Outconditioned"
13. KRISIUN covering DEMOLITION HAMMER’s "Human Dissection"
14. CRYPTOPSY covering STRAPPING YOUNG LAD’s "Oh My Fucking God"
15. MAROON covering SAMAEL’s "Baphomet’s Throne"
16. WATCH THEM DIE covering BLOODBATH’s "Breeding Death"

CD 2

1. FIREWIND covering NEVERMORE’s "Believe In Nothing"
2. DREAM EVIL covering ARCH ENEMY’s "Let The Killing Begin"
3. FEAR MY THOUGHTS cover HEAVEN SHALL BURN’s "The Weapon They Fear"
4. THE AGONIST covering DARK TRANQUILLITY’s "Monochromatic Stains"
5. THE FORSAKEN covering GRAVE’s "You’ll Never See"
6. DEVIAN covering MORGOTH’s "Isolated"
7. HEAVEN SHALL BURN covering MERAUDER’s "Downfall Of Christ"
8. ABORTED covering TURMOIL’s "Playing Dead"
9. TERROR covering SUBZERO’s "Boxed In"
10. NAPALM DEATH covering HELLHAMMER’s "Messiah"
11. ASPHYX covering CELTIC FROST’s "Os Abysmi Vel Daath"
12. ZIMMERS HOLE covering OLD MAN’S CHILD’s "Doommaker"
13. FU MANCHU covering PENANCE’s "Words To Live By"
14. MANNTIS (feat. IN THIS MOMENT) covering LACUNA COIL’s "Heaven’s A Lie"
15. KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI covering THE GATHERING’s "Leaves"
16. INTRONAUT covering EYEHATEGOD’s "Dixie Whiskey"

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I was a Jesus hating metal-head back then so the song that first sold me totally on this band was “I Need You“, which sound considerably like Entombed’s Blood Song. Why did it sell me? Cool lyrics: ” Pray to your god, you pray as you spit red. Pray to your god, your god will fail and you will be dead…”. I mean, come on. For any metal head that find religion revolting and hypocritical, those are lyrics to live by. These days my views have changed but the song is still cool. The rest of the songs are cool as well.

The production on this CD is not too bad. The vocals are bright enough with just enough reverb and the guitars sound thick. The lyrical content is the usual death metal extravaganza of Satan and Death, but that’s what we love about the music right? Sometimes. Jorgen Sandstrom was on vocals and bass back then, but Ola Lingren is the only original member to date taking the duties of Vocals and guitar. Jorgen left the band and went on to play in Entombed from 1995-2004.

Grave were signed to Century Media back then but after 15 years and 7 albums with Century, they most recently signed with Regain Records and released Dominion VIII back in April.

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Last year they reunited and went on tour and now they have signed a deal with Century Media. I may give them a listen sometime and see if their sound grows on me again, but I won’t be running off to buy tickets to a show.

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Despite parting ways with their former singer, devoting time to their ‘Master Class’ YouTube series and the occasional concert brawl, DIVINE HERESY is still in the market for a new singer! Could it be you? The first thing you need to do is hop over to DH’s MySpace page by clicking below and download some instrumental tracks.

After you have learned the songs, just record your vocals over the tracks and send them to Divineheresyband@aol.com along with a bio, any possible photos and contact information. Your vocals should be organic – that means NO ProTools, gang! The band will be making a decision soon as they begin to write their sophomore effort and will be playing a handful of Mexican and South American dates in August.

In case anyone hasn’t read or heard it elsewhere, Tommy Cummings (Vexx) is singing for reunited Snot almost 10 years after the death of front-man Lynn Straight, who died in a car accident December 11, 1998. I liked Snot, but I liked a lot of Nu-Metal and I still don’t hate it today. But I really don;t know how they’re going to sound with Tommy Cummings, it just sounds like a weird mix to me..

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When I saw them perform on the Tyranny and Bloodshred tour earlier this month I wasn’t sure what to expect because I had only heard Mercenary Man when they played it on Headbangers Ball. If you dig good clean metal or Power Metal, than this is a band worth checking out. The band is simply amazing and great live performers and they were really cool after the show too. That’s when I picked up The Premonition and I’ve been looking for Allegiance and their other earlier cd’s with no luck. I guess have to order online. If you haven’t checked out Firewind yet, do so! I can’t believe I never heard of them before now.

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Los Angeles rockers OPIATE FOR THE MASSES have posted a trailer to their upcoming “Burn You Down” music video on their MySpace page (Click below). “Burn You Down” is the first single from the band’s Century Media debut, Manifesto, which will be in stores on July 8!

The band has also kicked off their tour with re-united rock band Filter. Make sure you head out to a show in your area and see the future of Rock music. This is the revolution!

OPIATE FOR THE MASSES w/Filter (more dates to follow!)

• 05/21 Amos’ Southend – Charlotte, NC
• 05/22 The Dive – Goose Creek, SC
• 05/24 House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
• 05/25 Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH
• 05/27 The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA
• 05/29 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
• 05/30 Up Or On The Rocks – Hartford, CT

Headlining Shows

• 05/31 Crazy Donkey – Long Island, NY
• 06/02 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
• 06/06 Hooligan’s – Jacksonville, NC
• 06/07 Jester’s – Fayetteville, NC

Check Out OPIATE FOR THE MASSES on Myspace

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Prepare yourself for Goremageddon! The Belgian killing machine ABORTED is back with a vengeance and will be taking on all comers when they kick off the upcoming Summer Slaughter Tour alongside family/label mates DESPISED ICON, CRYPTOPSY and KATAKLYSM. The band will also be releasing their new album, Strychnine.213, on June 24^th to coincide with the tour.ABORTED Summer Slaughter Tour w/The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, Vader, Cryptopsy, The Faceless, Despised Icon, Born of Osiris, Psycroptic & Whitechapel

• 06/20 Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI
• 06/21 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
• 06/22 Headliner’s Music Hall – Louisville, KY
• 06/24 Northern Lights – Albany, NY
• 06/25 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
• 06/27 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
• 06/28 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
• 06/29 The National – Richmond, VA
• 06/30 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, VA
• 07/01 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
• 07/02 Jannus Landing – St. Petersburg, FL
• 07/04 The White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
• 07/05 Meridian – Houston, TX
• 07/06 House of Blues – Dallas, TX
• 07/08 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
• 07/09 Club 101 – El Paso, TX
• 07/10 Marquee Theater – Phoenix, AZ
• 07/11 House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA
• 07/12 The Dome – Bakersfield, CA
• 07/13 SOMA – San Diego, CA
• 07/15 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
• 07/17 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
• 07/18 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
• 07/19 Big Easy Concert House – Spokane, WA
• 07/20 Big Easy Concert House – Boise, ID
• 07/21 Club NVO – Logan, UT
• 07/23 Cervantes Ballroom – Denver, CO
• 07/24 Sokol Underground – Omaha, NE
• 07/25 First Ave. – Minneapolis, MN
• 07/26 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
• 07/27 Pop’s – St. Louis, MO
• 07/28 House of Blues – Chicago, IL

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