The Scrap Metal Report 8/4/08

A few things happened over the weekend so I’m going to take a short break from the Mayhem Fest updates to catch up a bit and then I have the last two with pictures and video.

The Cavalera Conspiracy has been deemed inappropriate for Priestfest in Australia and New Zealand, so any dates they had with Judas Priest in those two countries have been canceled.

Metallica announce an official date for their Death Magnetic release of September 16th, The same day as All That Remains release their 4th album, Overcome. The ‘World Wide’ release date is the 12…so I’m sure it will be available for illegal download by the 13th.

In other Metallica news, it sounds as if the band is truly dysfunctional and it has been said that they often stay in different countries and hotels when touring Europe. They say it’s to avoid fighting and they fight often in the studio. This is obviously the problem that has plagued them for the last 20 years. If you can’t get along with your band mates and you’re always fighting then it’s time to move on and stop sticking around to keep the bands name rolling and the dollar signs flashing. That truly shows that it’s not about the music and completely about money.

Scars On Broadway had an unbelievable first week of sales for their release at around 25k. I haven’t hear this yet and I’m really not interested. Some say it’s great and some say it’s not as good as Serj Tanakians ‘Elect The Dead’. Either way…

On Thursday one of Disturbed’s crew busses blew a tire and ran down an embankment on I-95 in south Carolina on their way from Florida to VA Beach Mayhem Fest. No band members were on the bus but one crew member had to be taken to the hospital but no one was seriously injured and they still got everything up to VA beach and set up.