The News Review:
- Acrassicauda a Headbanging Band From Iraq Thrashes and Waits – New…
- Cook Crowned New American Idol
- Shai Hulud | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones | MTV
- A pair of ‘kindred spirits’
- The Gauntlet: Meldrum Metal News
Acrassicauda a Headbanging Band From Iraq Thrashes and Waits – New…
New York Times – May 22, 2008
” Heavy metal appealed to him for the same reason it has drawn millions of adolescents the world over: pure honest rage. “The life there it doesn’t give you much choices and options” he said. “We find that heavy-metal music at first is a release. Later when we got more mature about it we found we can actually use it as a good guide to direct and to say whatever you want as loud and as fast as you can. ”The aspiring-rock-star tenor of “Heavy Metal in Baghdad” changes though when the band escapes to Damascus and the members’ political status as refugees becomes clear. Aziz’ family is in Syria now; the others’ extended families are still in Iraq Mr.
Cook Crowned New American Idol
San Francisco Chronicle – May 22, 2008
The little 17 year old was more of a powder puff pop teen idol. -Not his fault he is just pretty and young and can carry a tune. Posted By: poodlepup2 | May 23 2008 at 02:53 PMDear scungilli you obviously have as much idea about music as Simon Cowell!! George Michael is a God. saw him live and he tops the best of the best!! i DREAD TO THINK WHAT MUSIC YOU LIKE… saw him live and he tops the best of the best!! i DREAD TO THINK WHAT MUSIC YOU LIKE. I’m guessing metal for the mental!! grow up and get a life.
Shai Hulud | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones | MTV
MTV.com – May 22, 2008
After van der Welde departed the band in 2004 Fletcher and Fox announced that Shai Hulud was disbanding following a brief farewell tour (with Gilbert temporarily returning on vocals) and the pair was forming a new band the Warmth of Red Blood. Following the 2005 release of the wryly titled odds-and-sods compilation A Comprehensive Retrospective: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Release Bad and Useless Recordings Fletcher and Fox reversed course and in the spring of 2006 announced that Shai Hulud was re-forming with a new lineup featuring singer Eric Dellon (who is also in Fletcher and Fox’s tongue-in-cheek thrash side project Zombie Apocalypse) second guitarist Ryan Burns and drummer Brian Go. The re-formed Shai Hulud signed with Metal Blade Records and began work on a new album in the summer of 2006 while former label Revelation Records released a compilation called A Profound Hatred of Man that gathered the EP of that title along with all of the non-LP and split-EP tracks the band recorded between 1997 and 2001. ~ Stewart Mason All Music Guide… By the time the band recorded their second full-length album 2003′s That Within Blood Ill Tempered the lineup had moved from Florida to Poughkeepsie NY and settled down to a relatively stable quartet: new recruit Geert van der Velde on vocals Fox Fletcher and drummer Tony Tintari. After van der Welde departed the band in 2004 Fletcher and Fox announced that Shai Hulud was disbanding following a brief farewell tour (with Gilbert temporarily returning on vocals) and the pair was forming a new band the Warmth of Red Blood. Following the 2005 release of the wryly titled odds-and-sods compilation A Comprehensive Retrospective: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Release Bad and Useless Recordings Fletcher and Fox reversed course and in the spring of 2006 announced that Shai Hulud was re-forming with a new lineup featuring singer Eric Dellon (who is also in Fletcher and Fox’s tongue-in-cheek thrash side project Zombie Apocalypse) second guitarist Ryan Burns and drummer Brian Go. The re-formed Shai Hulud signed with Metal Blade Records and began work on a new album in the summer of 2006 while former label Revelation Records released a compilation called A Profound Hatred of Man that gathered the EP of that title along with all of the non-LP and split-EP tracks the band recorded between 1997 and 2001. ~ Stewart Mason All Music Guide.
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A pair of ‘kindred spirits’
San Diego Union Tribune – May 22, 2008
In a strange twist of fate three disparate elements have combined to create a powerful story: a British cartoon from the 1980s a Finnish metal band and Brueland's battle with cancer. The story has inspired a song numerous YouTube video tributes and music fans around the world. Brueland grew up in Tierrasanta a kid fascinated with both music and art. He started his own comic book company Invincible Studios and later worked as an animator for The Lightspan Partnership a local computer animation studio.
The Gauntlet: Meldrum Metal News
The Gauntlet – May 22, 2008
A memorial tribute benefit will be announced in the following weeks. Michelle Meldrum was born on Sept 28 1968 in Detroit Michigan to a family of musicians and actors. At 13 Meldrum moved to Los Angeles California and started her career in music by forming the thrash metal band WARGOD with drummer Gene Hoglan (DARK ANGEL DEATH and STRAPPING YOUNG LAD). PHANTOM BLUE released their self-titled debut album on Shrapnel Records as well as Roadrunner Records and eventually landed a deal with major label Geffen. Once PHANTOM BLUE disbanded after a successful run at fame Michelle Meldrum moved to Sweden and formed her current band MELDRUM. After many triumphant tours with such acts as MOT?HEAD and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY she reunited with Hoglan in 2006.