RELAPSE RECORDS / RELEASE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS & TOUR UPDATE 12/03

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"Independent metal has never been so healthy and diverse." - SPIN

"Relapse Records has turned into what Amphetamine Reptile and Touch and Go were in the late 1980's and early 1990's; a consummate home to genre-blurring heavy fare" - BALTIMORE CITY PAPER

"...showcasing the best in metal, heavy rock and grindcore, all from the staple label in that scene, Relapse Records." - MTV.com


MAIN POINTS OF INTEREST:

* RELAPSE "Contamination Festival" deluxe 2xDVD set to drop in January!


* THE END's new album, Within Dividia to be released on January 13th!

* SUFFOCATION to issue its new full length release, Souls to Deny, in Spring 2004!

* EXHUMED to team up with CANNIBAL CORPSE for North American tour!


* the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN U.S. headlining tour!

* AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED / ISIS to team up for special benefit CD!


* HIGH ON FIRE and MASTODON appear in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" (T.H.U.G.) as well as MTV's "Viva La Bam" series!

* PIG DESTROYER, NASUM to team up with NAPALM DEATH and AxCx for monstrous January, 2004 Japanese tour!

* BURNT BY THE SUN announce 2004 "Can-O-Whoop-Ass" Tour dates!

* NILE European tour!

* BURST complete new music video!

* SUFFOCATION to issue its new full length release, Souls to Deny, in Spring 2004.

* UNSANE CD / DVD retrospective LAMBHOUSE out now!

* RELAPSE DVD video collection RECOLLECTION out now!



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****NEWS UPDATE(S): (Listed alphabetically)****

27: (www.27.vg)

- 27 is now a four piece! The band's new member is Jay Cannava (formerly of Miltown & Hello, Attack!). According to 27, Jay "will be playing guitar & probably other instruments as well..."

- Europe's Undergroove Records has just released 27's Animal Life album in Europe in with a bonus 5" record!

- HydraHead Records will be releasing a new 27 EP in the spring. much touring will follow.

- Stay tuned to www.RELAPSE.com for forthcoming 27 information / tour dates.

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AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED: (www.agoraphobicnosebleed.com)

- AGORAPHOBIC's 100 song 3" CD / 10" LP Altered States of America - is out now!!

- ANb Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is now open for business...stay tuned for further details.

- AGORAPHOBIC will issue a split CDEP with ISIS to benefit mutual friend Shuan Luu, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Set for a spring, 2004 release via Relapse, this EP will contain some special recordings from ANb and two professionally recorded live versions of ISIS' 'The Beginning and the End' and 'Weight', as well as a remix of the ISIS song "Carry". Both ANb and ISIS wish nothing but the best of luck to Mr. Luu during his time of need.

- Randall as TIMELORD: "I have traveled back and forth between the spiritual, the astral, the material and human worlds...I am truly a divine magician."

- "Dude, get the hell out of here." - ROLLING STONE

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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY (www.alabamathunderpussy.com)

- Fresh off an East coast mini-tour, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY now continue work on their forthcoming full length follow up to 2002's Staring at the Divine, tentatively titled Fulton Hill. A Spring 2004 release date via Relapse is expected.

- ATP's 1999 release Constellation has been repackaged and remastered by Relapse and is available now! Look for ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY's Rise Again CD to also be reissued by Relapse in early 2004!

-"Indeed, for all the hype surrounding DOWN, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY are harder, meaner and more fun to listen to...like a concoction of BLACK SABBATH, LYNYRD SKYNYRD and MOTORHEAD" - KNAC.com


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ALCHEMIST (www.alchemist.com.au)

- ALCHEMIST performs this Saturday, December 20th at the prestigious METAL FOR THE BRAIN 2003 Festival! (Official site:www.metalforthebrain.com) Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for additional ALCHEMIST tour dates / info.

- "Just about any heavy music adventurer would die for this band."
- METAL MANIACS

- "one of the more astounding bands you have seen or heard in a very long time."
- METAL HAMMER

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BURNT BY THE SUN (www.burntbythesun.com)

- The mighty BURNT BY THE SUN's new album The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good is out now!

- BBTS drummer David Witte has just returned home from a European trek with MELT BANANA. BURNT BY THE SUN will now resume rehearsals for their upcoming "2004 Can-O-Whoop-Ass" tour!

- BBTS' "Can-O-Whoop-Ass" tour will kick off in late January and will feature support from, amongst others, All That Remains (ex-Shadows Fall), Premonitions of War, Breather Resist (ex National Acrobat, current Black Cross), Bloodsimple (ex-VOD) and My Shining One (ex Nora, Ensign).

- BURNT BY THE SUN will return to Japan this March! BBTS and labelmates UNSANE will team up for a number of what promise to be "red hot" live in Japan appearances March 9-13!

- "nothing short of genius...hot stuff indeed" - ROCK SOUND

- "calculated destruction...unstoppable" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
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BURST (www.BURST.nu)

- Sweden's BURST showcase their unique style of heavy music on its Relapse debut, Prey On Life, available now!

- BURST (Linus Jägerskog - vocals, Jesper Liveröd - bass (ex-NASUM), Patrik Hultin -drums, Jonas Rydberg - guitar, Robert Reinholdz - guitar), who have previously issued music on respected labels such as Prank (SF) and Chrome St. Magnus (GER), construct powerful, crisp and perfectly balanced music that molds both emotion and intensity.

- BURST's Prey On Life was recorded at Gothenburg, Sweden's Studio Phlat Planet with producer Fredrik Reinedahl (IN FLAMES, PASSENGER) and features artwork from Aaron Turner (ISIS).

- BURST have completed work on a video for the track 'Sculpt The Lives' (from Prey on Life) alongside filmmakers Dan Bengtsson and Ulf Södergren. Look for the amazing 'Sculpt The Lives' clip soon!

- Website relaunched! www.burst.nu has received a new look and feel, much more in line with the band´s vision and aesthetic.

- "Radiohead one minute and At the Gates the next...truly essential" - KERRANG!

- "powerful, heavy and moving - 2003's best newfound treasure" - BWBK

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CEPHALIC CARNAGE (www.cephaliccarnage.com)

- The band's critically acclaimed album, Lucid Interval is out now!! Lucid Interval continues the band's hyper-progression from the underground to one of modern extreme music's forerunners. You've heard the hype now see what it's all about!
Lucid Interval is out now!

- CEPHALIC CARNAGE just completed tours with both HATEBREED (the "Rise of Brutality" tour) and labelmates EXHUMED! Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for more CEPHALIC tour dates / info. Not to be missed live!

- CEPHALIC CARNAGE drummer / percussionist John Merryman has just finished his work with MR. BUNGLE's Trey Spruance on upcoming studio releases from Secret Chiefs 3 and Estradasphere. Keep an eye / ear out!

- "breathlessly assured and neck-snappingly intense" - LA WEEKLY

- "high-minded electro therapy" - BOSTON's WEEKLY DIG

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DAYLIGHT DIES (www.daylight-dies.com)

- DAYLIGHT DIES' Relapse debut, No Reply is out now!

- DAYLIGHT DIES are currently rehearsing regularly and working with a possible new session / live guitarist. Intensive writing and arrangement for the band's second Relapse full-length are also underway. More soon.

- Relapse recording artists DAYLIGHT DIES are now actively searching for a new vocalist after partings ways with former vocalist Guthrie Iddings. Parties interested in trying out contact DAYLIGHT DIES directly at vocalist@daylight-dies.com. Providing recorded example of your singing prior is greatly preferred.

- "Pristine Doom Metal: The power and majesty of Daylight Dies is in full bloom on their masterful debut, No Reply." - OUTBURN

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DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN (www.dillingerescapeplan.com)

- DILLINGER will kick off a full scale US tour on January 14th, 2004. The scheduled 7 week trek will run until early March and will include support from THE LOCUST and Your Enemies Friends.

- the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have been hard at work on new material for their upcoming new album which they plan to begin recording imminently. Tentative track titles include: "Troy", "Panasonic Youth", "Bipolar Bear", "Apollos Creed", "Universal Beauty" and "Sunshine The Werewolf".

- the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have recorded a brand new song entitled "Baby's First Coffin", for the soundtrack of the upcoming Lakeshore motion picture "Underworld". This new DEP track is the first original studio recording released by the band featuring vocalist Greg Puciato. Also included on the "Underworld" soundtrack will be songs by David Bowie, and Maynard of TOOL.

- "Raging, intricate, screaming prog-metal" -SPIN

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DISFEAR (www.disfear.com)

- DISFEAR's mighty Relapse-debut Misanthropic Generation is out now !!

- The Scandinavian hardcore assault of DISFEAR utilizes blistering distortion, nihilistic rage and a scorching metallic powerload to bleed the Earth and burn its skies. On Misanthropic Generation, detonating power chords collide with raging rhythms, while the merciless vocals of Tomas Lindberg (ex-AT THE GATES) explode through the heart of the band's sonic architecture.

- DISFEAR just completed a killer 3 week Scandinavian Tour supporting ENTOMBED and RAISED FIST as part of the second installment of the "Close Up Made Us Do It" Tour series. - check out the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for forthcoming DISFEAR tour dates / info.

- DISFEAR have issued the 'Powerload' 7" on Spain's excellent Throne Records (www.thronerecords.com) and will soon be issuing the vinyl version of 'Misanthropic Generation' on Yannick of TRAGEDY's Feral Ward Records (www.feralward.com). Both will feature exclusive tracks!

- Misanthropic Generation is crude and ugly, boasting a Motorhead-like simplicity, but played with much more viciousness." - KNAC.com

- "a viable and powerful act on their own terms...simple, straightforward and ruthlessly brutal" - ORLANDO WEEKLY

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DYING FETUS (www.dyingfetus.com)

- DYING FETUS' long-awaited new full-length, Stop at Nothing is out now!! Retaining the vicious, dual-vocal attack and slamming grooves that have become their trademark, DYING FETUS' Stop at Nothing is a savage return-to-form by one of the most influential bands in death metal.

- DYING FETUS will embark on a five week, 33 city European co-headlining tour with Hate Eternal that will kick off January 7th, 2003 in London, England! Check the 'tour' section of RELAPSE.com for more dates / info.

- DYING FETUS drummer Erik Sayenga is proud to announce his recent endorsement with Axis percussion. Check out www.axispercussion.com/. Congrats Erik!

- "distinctive and devastating" - KERRANG!

- "absolutely the BEST Death Metal out there!" - KNAC.com

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DYSRHYTHMIA (www.dysrhythmiaband.com)

- DYSRHYTHMIA's (drummer Jeff Eber, guitarist Kevin Hufnagel and bassist Clayton Ingerson) debut Relapse full-length, Pretest was recorded at Chicago's Electrical Audio Studios with engineer Steve Albini (NIRVANA, HELMET, NEUROSIS). Pretest is out now!

- DYSRHYTHMIA's Pretest album has been named one of the "10 Essential Mathcore Albums" of all time by noted UK monthly Metal Hammer, appearing amongst an impressive list that contained releases from, among others, CONVERGE, the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN and THE LOCUST.

- In between tours, DYSRHYTHMIA has been keeping busy. Besides beginning to write the follow-up to Pretest, the members of DYSRHYTHMIA have been involved in the following:

* DYSRHYTHMIA bassist Clayton Ingerson is featured on viola on the new Project: Failing Flesh CD "A Beautiful Sickness" which features ex-Voivod bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest.

* DYSRHYTHMIA drummer Jeff Eber will be featured on the upcoming Spastic Ink [current band of Watchtower guitarist Ron Jarzombek] record "Ink Compatible".

* DYSRHYTHMIA guitarist Kevin Hufnagel is collaborating with Colin Marston, of Infidel?/Castro! and Behold...the Arctopus, on an experimental ambient guitar project called Byla. Three songs have been completed thus far with more in the works and plans to release a full-length sometime in 2004. www.byla.net coming soon!

- " the record SONIC YOUTH would make if they cared more about heavy metal, the record SLAYER would do if they were art school nerds. - PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER

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- THE END (www.allchaos.net)

- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Mississauga, Ontario quintet THE END. The forward-thinking troupe will release their first proper Relapse full-length in early 2004.

- THE END (Aaron Wolff - vocals / Steve Watson - guitar / Andrew Hercules - guitar / Sean Dooley - bass / Anthony Salajko - drums), whose debut release, Transfer Trachea Reverberations From Point: False Omniscient, was named the 2001 Metal Album of the Year by The Canadian Independent Music Awards, recorded their forthcoming album -- Within Dividia -- at Wild Studios with producer Pierre Remillard (Cryptopsy, Misery Index, Gorguts). THE END's Within Dividia will be released in North American on January 13th, 2004 and in Europe on January 26th.

- Within Dividia sees THE END employing a film noir atmosphere set to music, with the album musically and lyrically narrating the conceptual tale of "The Dividia Estate" and its eerily compelling inhabitants.

- The final track listing for Within Dividia is "These Walls", "Fetesque", "The Sense of Reverence", "The Scent of Elegance", "Organelle (in she we lust)", "Dear Martyr", "Orthodox Unparalleled" and "Of Fist and Flame".

- THE END's Transfer Trachea Reverberations from Point: False Omniscient has been named one of the "10 Essential Mathcore Albums" of all time by noted UK monthly Metal Hammer, appearing amongst an impressive list that contained releases from, among others, CONVERGE, the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN and THE LOCUST.

- ""startling originality and overwhelming power" - METAL HAMMER

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EXHUMED (www.EXHUMED.us)

- EXHUMED's new Relapse full length, Anatomy is Destiny is available now!

- EXHUMED have been added to the forthcoming CANNIBAL CORPSE North American tour! The tour, which will kick off on February 14, running through March 13, will also feature openers HYPOCRISY and VILE. In the meantime, stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for additional EXHUMED tour dates / info.

- EXHUMED have been confirmed to be a part of the 2004 European 'No Mercy Fest' w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY, KATAKLYSM and more, taking place this coming spring! Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for dates / info.

- "an exemplary exercise in merciless brutality" - KERRANG!

- "a painfully delightful statement for death metal music...the gore lives on"
- OUTBURN

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GADGET (www.gadget.cjb.net)

- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish grind stars GADGET! Look for GADGET's Relapse debut to drop February 3rd!!

- Swedish grindcore sensation GADGET showcases its high-energy sound on its Relapse debut, Remote. Recorded at Sweden's Phlat Planet Studios with Fredrik Reinedahl (BURST, DIMENSION ZERO, IN FLAMES), Remote delivers the smashing sounds of a band fast on the rise. GADGET's gigantic delivery and musical muscle dazzles and delights, proving the band one of extreme music's surging stars.

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HALO (halo.antisound.net)

- HALO = DRUMS / BASS / VOICE / NOISE = R.ALLEN + STK : HALO = FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA : HALO ENDORSES BROKEN CYMBALS / GROUND HUM / BLOOD / SKIN / STATIC + ANTI-TUNING : HALO = SOUNDTRACKS OF DECAY, DEGRADATION & COLLAPSE

- HALO's sophomore Relapse release Body of Light is out now!!

- Having punctured the harsh outer skin with 2001's Guattari (From the West Flows Grey Ash & Pestilence), HALO burrow deeper into the corrupt inner flesh of post-industrial depravity and corporate disease with Body of Light. A rumbling diatribe of fear, loathing and pure sonic oppression, Body of Light swallows its listener with the density of a collapsing star.

- Coming soon from the official HALO website - the GODS OF SOUND 12" EP.

- BEYOND HEAVY.

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HIGH ON FIRE (www.highonfire.net)

- HIGH ON FIRE are in the midst of completing work on material for the follow up to Surrounded By Thieves and are preparing to head into the studio. According to the band, the new material is shaping up to be "Faster, Louder and Heavier"...?!?!!!

- MTV's new program "Viva La Bam" is featuring accompanying music from a host of artists from the Relapse Records label (www.Relapse.com) including HIGH ON FIRE. The network's highly-rated new series stars skate guru Bam Margera (Jackass, CKY, etc) as "a guy who likes to have fun at the expense of those he loves".

- HIGH ON FIRE appears in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" (T.H.U.G) with music from Surrounded By Thieves.

- HIGH ON FIRE has set up an official band mailing list where updates and breaking news will be delivered to fans from the band themselves! To subscribe to the HIGH ON FIRE list, send an e-mail to: highonfire-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

- "Tony Iommi's jaw would drop." - KERRANG!

- "Pike has toppled BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi to become the new God of heavy metal thunder." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS

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MASTODON (www.mastodonrocks.com)

- "MASTODON could be considered the second coming of Metallica and Rush combined, and nobody who's seen them live could counter that opinion."
- MTV.com


- MASTODON has completed work on their first music video. The video, for Remission's 'March of the Fire Ants', was shot in the band's hometown of Atlanta with director Chad Rullman. 'March of the Fire Ants' is in rotation now on MTV2's "Headbangers Ball" and "Extreme Rock programs as well as FUSE's "URANIUM". Keep an eye out!

- MASTODON appears on the MTV2 / Roadrunner Records-issued "Headbangers Ball" 2xCD compilation, highlighting the best of today's heavy music scene. MASTODON appears alongside hard music giants DEFTONES, HATEBREED and SLAYER as well as fellow fast-rising artists KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL, POISON THE WELL and ARCH ENEMY. For more info, please visit the official album site here: www.headbangersballtour.com/albumsite.html

- MASTODON's much-talked about Remission album has been reissued by Relapse Records as a deluxe CD / DVD digipak! The revamped Remission includes a free DVD featuring MASTODON's lauded live show professionally filmed at the Masquerade in the band's hometown of Atlanta.

- MTV's new program "Viva La Bam" is featuring accompanying music from a host of artists from the Relapse Records label (www.Relapse.com) including MASTODON. The network's highly-rated new series stars skate guru Bam Margera (Jackass, CKY, etc) as "a guy who likes to have fun at the expense of those he loves".

- MASTODON appears in the new Tony Hawk video game "Tony Hawk's Underground" (T.H.U.G.) with music from Remission.

- "MASTODON are undoubtedly the future of metal" - KERRANG!

- "at that same cusp where METALLICA once perched, circa 1988's "...And Justice For All...MASTODON is poised to rule the rock earth"
- WASHINGTON CITY PAPER / EXPRESS

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NASUM (www.nasum.com)

- NASUM's blistering new album, Helvete is out now!!

- NASUM is now a 4-piece! The band welcomes new members Urban Skytt (From REGURGITATE) on second guitar, and Jon "Elle" Lindqvist (from SAYYADINA) on bass.

- JUST ANNOUNCED!! NASUM will head to Japan for a MONSTROUS tour with NAPALM DEATH, PIG DESTROYER and AxCx!! The tour is slated to begin in early January, 2004. Get ready to GRIND!!

- "Extreme metal doesn't get much better than this." - Barney Greenway (METAL HAMMER / NAPALM DEATH)

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NILE (www.nile-catacombs.net)

- NILE's critically-acclaimed album In Their Darkened Shrines is out now!!

- NILE is in the midst of a month's worth of European dates, including headlining performances in Greece, France, England, Ireland and Scotland. The band is also featured as part of the 2003 version of Europe's revered "X-mas Festivals", which includes Deicide and Destruction amongst others.

- NILE have completed work on two music videos for songs from In Their Darkened Shrines. The videos, directed and filmed by acclaimed director Darren Doane (Deftones, AFI, Poison the Well, Kyuss), include a concept video for the track "Sarcophagus" and a performance video for the song "Execration Text", both shot at Center Staging in Burbank, CA. NILE's "Sarcophagus" video is in rotation at both MTV2 and FUSE's "Uranium" now! Keep an eye out!


- "NILE are certainly not your average gore-and-guts-obsessed death metallers, and they defy the genre's musical trappings as well." - GUITAR WORLD

- "NILE are death metal's IRON MAIDEN" - METAL HAMMER

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PIG DESTROYER : (NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON!)

- Currently wrapping up the recording of the follow-up to their critically acclaimed Prowler In the Yard album, entitled Terrifyer. The band has made it known that this will be a "full-on concept album" (!!) with narrative and prose written by vocalist JR Hayes. Expect the unexpected...

- PIG DESTROYER's Terrifyer will be a CD / DVD release. The album's first disc will feature the band's unique art-grind, while the second disc will contain one, 30 minute + long DVD audio track...mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound.

- Upon the completion of Terrifyer, PIG DESTROYER will head to Japan for a MONSTROUS tour with NAPALM DEATH, NASUM and AxCx!! The tour is slated to begin in early January, 2004. Get ready to GRIND!!

- PIG DESTROYER will take part in a compilation album of songs by musicians who have been inspired, influenced, or maybe just astonished by the work of author Dennis Cooper. Set for release via Versus Press in late 2004, this CD will also contain contributions from such noted artists as Male Slut (Thurston Moore, Steve Shelley, Jim O'Rourke), Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices) and New Wet Kojak (Girls Against Boys' side-project).

- "PIG DESTROYER's musical diversity manifests itself as miniature epics that play out like chaotic, minutelong roller-coaster rides. Hi-tech." - WASHINGTON CITY PAPER

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RELAPSE RECORDS (www.relapse.com)

- The finest moments of the Relapse Records Contamination Festival have been captured on a deluxe 2 DVD set! Featuring electrifying live performances from your favorite Relapse artists (including NEUROSIS, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, MASTODON, HIGH ON FIRE, PIG DESTROYER, CEPHALIC CARNAGE and seven others), this high-energy 2 DVD set brings the excitement of this now-legendary weekend straight to your living room! Experience the event that MTV called "one of the greatest 2-day music festivals of all time" again and again! Available January 27th!

- For the first time ever, Relapse Records offers a comprehensive collection of music videos spanning the label's history - all on one low-priced DVD! RECOLLECTION delivers a bountiful bombardment of captivating videos including fast-action clips from current label heavyweights HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS, UNSANE, and The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, up-and-comers ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and ALCHEMIST, and long-time conspirators AMORPHIS and BRUTAL TRUTH amongst others. Relapse Records' RECOLLECTION DVD Video Collection visually documents Relapse's rise from its upstart beginnings to its current incarnation as a leader in the international extreme music movement. Seeing is believing!!

- As its tainted tendrils continue to spread across the globe and wrench the life from the very fibers of existence, Relapse will continue to pollute the scene with the latest releases from both the bastions of the old-school and the leaders of the next generation. Relapse is the multi-death corporation dedicated to providing fans with the lifestyle choices they desire.

- POINT > CLICK > GRIND > RELAPSE.com




SKINLESS (www.4skinless.com)

- SKINLESS' piledriving new CD From Sacrifice To Survival is out now!!

- SKINLESS has just completed the "Unnatural Born Killers" Tour alongside Six Feet Under and openers Behemoth and As I Lay Dying. Stay tuned to the 'tour' section of www.RELAPSE.com for forthcoming SKINLESS tour dates / info.

- SKINLESS have just completed the filming of their first video from the new album
From Sacrifice to Survival. Look for the video for the album's title track to debut soon!

- "Ferocious" - METAL HAMMER

- "hardcore-tinged death metal insanity at its most lethal." - KNAC.com

- "2003's surprise death metal standout" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS

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SOILENT GREEN (www.soilentgreen.net)

- SOILENT GREEN is currently working on new material for their next Relapse release. The band is expected to hit the studio by Spring, 2004 with touring to follow.

- SOILENT GREEN is pleased to welcome Tony White (guitar) and Scott Crochet (bass) to the fold! White and Crochet made their touring SOILENT debuts on the band's recent U.S. tour.

- "The quintessential underground metal band." - ROLLING STONE

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SUFFOCATION (www.suffocation.us)

- Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of death metal legends SUFFOCATION. The band will issue its new full length release, Souls to Deny, in Spring 2004.

- SUFFOCATION, (Frank Mullen - vocals, Terrance Hobbs - guitar, Guy Marchais - guitar, Josh Barohn - bass, Mike Smith - drums) one of the most influential and emulated bands in the history of extreme music and the pioneers of the now-infamous 'New York death metal sound', return to the Relapse label after releasing the now classic albums Effigy Of The Forgotten (1991), Breeding The Spawn (1993), and Pierced From Within (1995) via Roadrunner Records.

"For all their imitators over the years, this quintet remains unmatched" - ALL MUSIC GUIDE

"one of death metal's most influential bands" - BWBK


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TODAY IS THE DAY (www.todayistheday.org)

- TODAY IS THE DAY have just finished work on a video for "The Descent" from Sadness Will Prevail. Directed by Adam Albrandt and Brian D. Lange (NINE INCH NAILS), the video was shot in Philadelphia over a 2 day span. Keep an eye out!

- TODAY IS THE DAY is currently writing new material for KISS THE PIG, the bands 7th full-length CD. The "Most Hateful, Destructive, and Super-Fast material the band has ever composed", KISS THE PIG takes on an Ultra-Violent speed attack fueled with Heavy Doses of Pure Acid. A Psychedelic Bloodbath not to be missed!!

- "TITD is the real, zero-compromise deal. Think metal by way of Diamanda Galás:
It hurts, but it's so rewarding - and it's cheaper than meds." - LA WEEKLY

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UNSANE:

- The long awaited UNSANE "greatest hits" collection LAMBHOUSE (UNSANE 1991-1998) is available now!

- LAMBHOUSE (UNSANE 1991-1998) is a CD / DVD package that includes all of the band's video clips (including the notorious "Scrape" video and the never-before-seen "Body Bomb" clip!) as well as a killer collection of the UNSANE's best music ever. LAMBHOUSE clearly provides new listeners and long time fans alike avid testimony as to why UNSANE are universally recognized as the premier noise rock band in the world.

- UNSANE is Chris Spencer- vocals, guitar | Dave Curran- vocals, bass | Vinny Signorelli- drums

- "UNSANE is a powerhouse unmatched." - VICE

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UPHILL BATTLE (www.uphillbattle.org)

- Just completed the recording of their forthcoming full-length for Relapse, Wreck of Nerves in Ventura, CA with producer Martin Ayala. Wreck of Nerves will be mixed by Matt Bayles (MASTODON, ISIS, THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES) and mastered by Scott Hull (PIG DESTROYER). UPHILL BATTLE's Wreck of Nerves will drop February 24th!

- "If you are looking for challenging, technical, diverse hardcore music, here it is" - ThePRP.com

- "A menagerie of machine-gun-rattling SLAYER-via-CONVERGE savageness...stunning" - TERRORIZER

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vidnaObmana (www.vidnaobmana.be)

- vidnaObmana is currently completing work on his haunting Dante trilogy for Relapse/Release. Legacy follows critically-acclaimed albums Tremor and Spore.

- A video for the track "SkinStrip" (from Spore) has just been completed! "SkinStrip" is the first ever vidnaObmana music video! Shot at one of the most fascinating factories in Antwerp (Belgium) just prior to its demolition, the video was produced by www.vidnaObmana.be webmaster and talented visual artist Patrick Ceuppens.

- vidnaObmana just completed the soundtrack to Berrios' new short film 'Other People'. You can expect this very beautiful and profound new movie online soon at www.vidnaObmana.be.

- "Nightmarish textures and trance-like ambience...truly unforgettable" - REAL DETROIT WEEKLY

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ZEKE (www.zekeyou.com)

- ZEKE, Seattle's celebrated speed-punk trio, have signed to Relapse Records! The high-powered trio will enter Seattle's Sound House Studios with legendary producer Jack Endino in January to record their Relapse debut full-length (due out Spring, 2004).


- Early song titles include "383", "Long Train Running", "Ride To Live", "Ten to the Riverside Blues" and "On Through the Night".

- Drawing influences from Judas Priest, Motorhead and Iron Maiden amongst others, ZEKE's brand of hardcore speed rock mixes punk nihilism with a hard hitting metal extravagance. The band's signing with the Relapse label follows stints on both Epitaph Records -- where ZEKE issue their Kicked in the Teeth (1998) and Dirty Sanchez (2000) albums -- and the Aces & Eights label, who issued what is widely considered the band's finest release to date, 2001's Death Alley.

- RIDE WITH ZEKE!!!

- "Sheer brute punk strength. Punk's got young, loud and snotty again, only played just a little faster". - MONTREAL MIRROR
- "An adrenalized cocktail of speed and combustive punk rawk...unchecked aggression and shameless thrash-mongering on a search-and-destroy mission". - WILLAMETTE WEEKLY


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RELAPSE / RELEASE TOUR UPDATE:


ALCHEMIST:
December 20 Canberra, Australia U. of Canberra Refectory (as part of Metal For the Brain)


BURNT BY THE SUN:
January 30 Ronkonkoma, NY The Hungarian Hall (w/ All That Remains, Bloodsimple, My Shining One)
January 31 North Haven, CT North Haven Congregational Church (w/ All That Remains, Bloodsimple, My Shining One)
February 6 Poughkeepsie, NY Club Crannel (w/ All That Remains, Premonitions of War)
February 7 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar (w/ Premonitions of War, Breather Resist)
February 8 New York, NY CBGB (w/ Premonitions of War, Breather Resist)
February 13 Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolis (w/ Premonitions of War, Breather Resist)
February 15 Springfield, MA Fat Kat's (w/ The End, Premonitions of War, Breather Resist)
February 16 Boston, MA Bill's Bar (w/ Premonitions of War, Breather Resist)
February 20 Reading, PA Sound Waves (w/ All That Remains, Premonitions of War)
February 22 Syracuse, NY Planet 505 (w/ All That Remains, Premonitions of War)


CEPHALIC CARNAGE:
January 3 Fort Collins, CO Starlight (w/ Deadspeak, Skinned)
January 9 Grand Junction, CO Mesa Theater
January 10 Denver, CO Pinkies (w/ Deadspeak, Silencer)


The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN:
****North American Tour with THE LOCUST & YOUR ENEMIES FRIENDS.

- THE OATH supports 1/14-27

- ORTHRELM supports 1/29-2/10

- WRANGLER BRUTES supports 2/11-29***

January 14 Sauget, IL Pops
January 15 Kansas City, MO Spitfire
January 16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
January 17 Chicago, IL The Metro / Smart Bar
January 18 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
January 19 Off
January 20 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
January 21 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
January 22 Detroit, MI St. Andrews
January 23 Toronto, ON Opera House
January 24 London, ON Call The Office
January 25 Guelph, ON Trasheteria
January 26 Ottawa, QU Babylon
January 27 Montreal, QU Rainbow
January 28 Off
January 29 Worcester, MA The Palladium
January 30 Sayreville, NJ Krome
January 31 Philadelphia, PA The Trocodero
February 1 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
February 2 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
February 3 Richmond, VA Alley Katz
February 4 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's
February 5 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
February 6 Tampa, FL Twilight
February 7 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
February 8 Off
February 9 Tallahassee, FL The Beta Bar
February 10 Columbia, SC Uncle Doctors
February 11 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
February 12 Nashville, TN Exit In
February 13 Memphis, TN Hi Tone
February 14 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
February 15 New Orleans, LA Parish @ House of Blues (w/ Soilent Green. No Locust)
February 16 Houston, TX Engine Room
February 17 Austin, TX Emo's
February 18 Dallas, TX Trees
February 19 Off
February 20 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
February 21 San Diego, CA Epicentre
February 22 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues Anaheim
February 23 Los Angeles, CA House Of Blues L.A.
February 24 Davis, CA UC Davis Coffeehouse
February 25 San Francisco, CA Slims
February 26 Off
February 27 Portland, OR Roseland
February 28 Seattle, WA Showbox
February 29 Vancouver, BC Mesa Luna
March 01 TBD
March 02 Off
March 03 Denver, CO Bluebird (no Locust)


DISFEAR:
***Scandinavian Close-Up Made Us Do It Tour w/ ENTOMBED***
December 16 Värnersborg, Sweden (S) Café Mic
December 17 Boras, Sweden (S) Rockborgen
December 18 Karlstad, Sweden (S) Nöjesfabriken/Garaget
December 19 Linköping, Sweden (S) Skylten
December 20 Stockholm, Sweden (S) Arena (also w/ TURBONEGRO, HARD-ON's)
***Disfear headlining***
January 15 Helsinki, Finland (F) Stella Star Club
January 16 Turku, Finland (F) TVO
January 17 Jyväskylä, Finland (F) Lutakko
January 18 Tampere, Finland (F) Hellä


DYSRHTHMIA:
February 7 New York, NY ABC No Rio (w/ Sulaco, Behold the Arctopus - 3 pm show)


DYING FETUS:
December 20 Brooklyn, NY L'Amours
December 21 Montreal, PQ FouFounes
December 22 Toronto, ON Club Rockit
January 7 London, England (UK) Underworld
January 8 Eindhoven, Netherlands (NL) Effenaar
January 9 Rotterdam, Netherlands (NL) Baroeg
January 10 Trier, Germany (D) Exil
January 11 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
January 12 Munster (Breitefeld), Germany (D) Live Arena
January 13 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
January 14 Berlin, Germany (D) K14
January 15 Warsaw, Poland (P) Proxima
January 16 Praga, Czech Republic (CZ) Black Pes
January 17 Englesdorf, Germany (D) Hellraiser
January 18 Vienna, Austria (A) Planet Music
January 19 Budapest, Hungary (H) Kultiplex
January 20 Ljubljana, Slovenia (SL) Ka
January 21 Milano, Italy (I) Rainbow
January 22 Rome, Italy (I) Alphaeus
January 24 Athens, Greece (GR) Ann Club
January 25 Thessaloniki,Greece (GR) Hydrogios
January 27 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
January 28 Marseilles, France (F) CC Mirabeau (also w/ Loathing)
January 29 Irun, Spain (E) Tunk
January 30 Barcelona, Spain (E) La Capsa
January 31 Madrid, Spain (E) Caracol
February 1 Murcia, Spain (E) Moloko
February 2 Porto, Portugal (P) Hard Club
February 4 Bordeaux, France (F) Cat
February 5 Villeurbanne, France (F) Cco
February 6 Vosselaar, Belgium (B) Beibob
February 7 Drachten, Netherlands (NL) Iduna
February 8 Gronigen, Netherlands (NL) Vera


THE END:
January 16 London, ON The Embassy (w/ The Abandoned Hearts Club)
January 18 Toronto, ON Club Rockit (w/ The Abandoned Hearts Club)
January 24 Trois-Rivieres, PQ Rock Cafe Le Stage
January 25 Quebec City, PQ The Anti
February 1 Montreal, PQ FouFounes (w/ The Abandoned Hearts Club)
February 14 New York, NY ABC No Rio (3 pm show)
February 15 Springfield, MA Fat Kat's (w/ Burnt By the Sun, Premonitions of War, Breather Resist)
March 3 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl (w/ Premonitions of War, Macabre)
March 5 Atlanta, GA Masquerade (w/ Premonitions of War, Macabre)
March 6 Pinellas Park, FL Pinellas Park Expo Center as part of Sun N Steel Metalfest
March 8 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero (w/ Premonitions of War, Macabre)
March 12 tba, NJ as part of New Jersey Metal Meltdown


EXHUMED:
December 27 San Francisco, CA The Pound
***As part of No Mercy Fest w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY, KATAKLYSM, and more***
March 30 Osnabruck, Germany (D) Hyde Park
March 31 Essen, Germany (D) Zeche Carl
April 1 Berlin, Germany (D) Halford
April 2 Praha, Czech Republic (CZ) Abaton Club
April 3 Wien, Austria (A) Planet Music
April 4 Wels, Austria (A) Schlachtof
April 5 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
April 6 Milan, Italy (I) Alcatraz
April 7 Ludwigsburg, Germany (D) Rockfabrik
April 8 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
April 9 Erfurt, Germany (D) Centrum
April 10 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo
April 11 Paris, France (F) La Locomotive
April 12 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013
April 13 London, England (UK) Underworld
April 14 tba....
April 15 Bradford, England (UK) Rio


MASTODON:
December 31 Atlanta, GA Echo Lounge (w/ Cream Abdul Babar)


NASUM:
December 19 Stockholm, Sweden (S) Kafe 44
***Japanese Tour w/ NAPALM DEATH, PIG DESTROYER, A.C.***
January 9 Osaka, Japan Club Quattro
January 10 Nagoya, Japan Club Quattro
January 12 Tokyo, Japan Club Quattro


NILE:
***As part of the X-Mas Festival with Deicide, Destruction, Amon Amarth and more***
December 15 Milano, Italy (I) Alcatraz
December 16 Pratteln, Switzerland (CH) Z7
December 17 Ludwigsburg, Germany (D) Rockfabrik
December 18 Praga, Czech Republic (CZ) Roxy
December 19 Strasbourg, France (F) La Laiterie
December 20 Antwerpen, Belgium (B) Hof Ter Loo
December 21 Tilburg, Netherlands (NL) 013


PIG DESTROYER:
***Japanese Tour w/ NAPALM DEATH, NASUM, AxC***
January 9 Osaka, Japan Club Quattro
January 10 Nagoya, Japan Club Quattro
January 12 Tokyo, Japan Club Quattro
January 31 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar


REPULSION:
December 20 Flint, MI Machine Shop


RUNE:
January 10 Westland, MI Token Lounge (as part of Michigan Doomfest 2)
February 19 Roanoke, VA Factory 324
February 20 Cincinnati, OH Sudsey Malone's


SOILENT GREEN:
January 17 Tampa, FL Brass Mug
January 30 New Orleans, LA Howlin Wolf (w/ Hawg Jaw, Low Drag)
February 15 New Orleans, LA Parish @ House of Blues (w/ Dillinger Escape Plan)


SULACO:
January 31 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
February 7 New York, NY ABC No Rio (w/ Dysrhythmia, Behold the Arctopus - 3 pm show)


UPHILL BATTLE:
December 19 Goleta, CA the Old Morning Glory Music @ 901 C Embarcadero Del Norte (w/ Eden In Flames, Holier Then Thou, Annihilation Time)
January 4 Ventura, CA Livery Theater (w/ Anubis Rising)
January 18 Oxnard, CA Cloud Nine Hollywood (w/ Watch Them Die)
January 23 Bakersfield, CA The Gate
January 24 Oakland, CA Slaughterhouse (w/ Watch Them Die)


ZEKE:
December 31 Denver, CO Larimar Lounge

AxCx doesnt derve to tour with nasum, I dont get how such an awful band gets to tour with big name bands that actually have some talent.