The News Review:

- Music: Hope and Faith
- Seven Arrested in France for Burning 16th Century Chapel
- Concerts this summer
- Local bands playing

Music: Hope and Faith
Cincinnati CityBeat – Jun 25, 2007
“(Lacey’s) lyrics demand that the music be intense” he says. “So we try hard to make the music reflect the lyrics. But even though I’m not a fan of Metal music it links us all. It’s about all of us. ” Though Bhattacharya is initially tight-lipped about any demons he might be exorcising he eventually alludes to a lonely Texas childhood. “I had a lot of anger issues growing up” he says. “I was a really tiny guy wasn’t good at athletics had a lot of insecurities.

Seven Arrested in France for Burning 16th Century Chapel
Salem Voice Ministries – Jun 25, 2007
“We are going to strike again again and again” warned the letter in which the group’s acronym is scrawled in blood-red letters over the image of an inverted Christian cross. Graffiti of the letters ABM was found at nine Christian sites desecrated in recent weeks. Police previously believed the letters signified Aryan Black Metal a Satanist movement which has links to heavy metal music paganism and far-right politics. In a similar series of incidents in early 2006 a chapel was destroyed in the neighbouring Morbihan department. However police subsequently arrested a couple who admitted responsibility. “There are so many shrines that it is impossible for us to keep watch on them all. In the old days the priests lived next to the chapels and knew everything that was going on.

Concerts this summer
Sofia Echo – Jun 25, 2007
They include traditional Japanese drums called Uadaiko. The band travels with a few dozens different drums including Uadaiko which were made from wood about 400 years ago. The style of their music is a combination of traditional Japanese music and modern rhythms. The show will have music dance meditation and theatre. The band was established in 1993 and consists of 11 men and women. Including women in the performers is said to be revolutionary in relation to Japanese traditions. The philosophy of the band is the belief that drum rhythms like the heard beat are the pulse of life… The concerts are jointly organised by Joker Media and the municipality of Kavarna. n July 6 Led Zeppelin’s vocalist Robert Plant will be performing at the Kaliakra stadium. Trash metal band Sepltura are giving a concert in Kavarna on August 15. The concert will be part of another rock festival Trash Til Death. Eccentric pop and rock singer Pink is performing on July 1 at the Akademik stadium Sofia. Tickets are between 30 and 50 leva with the first 3000 tickets at a promotional price of 20 leva. Pink’s visit to Bulgaria her first will be part of the music festival Arena Muzika organised by Sofia Music Enterprises.

Local bands playing
Denver Post – Jun 25, 2007
Read pop music critic Ricardo Baca’s Q&A with American Relay at. CEPHALIC CARNAGE What’s more metal than a goat roast? Ask Cephalic Carnage on Saturday when they join Independent Records in celebrating the album “Xenosapien” as they fire-roast a horned beast in the parking lot at 937 E.