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Blasphemer

Austin's very own extreme metal webzine is set to launch Friday, April 8th. We'll have pictures, articles, interviews, reviews, calendar, forum, and we'll see what else to kick off this first issue. The webzine will be a quarterly (only 4 issues a year), so each one will be filled with interesting stuff.

We are also looking for more contributors to send in stuff for this first issue, so if you have a review, pictures, or articles you'd like featured, contact me soon.

\m/ Support your local metal scene! \m/

Recently Exulcerate has parted ways with guitarist/vocalist, Ryan Varville. His exit was mutual, and both sides agree that this is best for everybody. With Ryan leaving the band, it opens up a gap in our line-up, which we are trying to fill quickly, so if you are a guitarist, who would like to try out, please contact us at ExulceratedFlesh@yahoo.com.

Also with Ryan leaving right in the middle of recording our debut CD, some things will change with our music. Ryan wrote 3 songs for the CD, and we are keeping all 3 of them musically. The lyrics Gotta Go! "Sitting in your Church, praying to Santa Claus..." WTF? Getting rid of that shit. Also some of the vocals laid down by Ryan will be removed and replaced by Aaron (vocals), Matt (bass), & Dennis (drums).

In other news...We decided not to release our debut CD with United Guttural Records after all. This decision was not personal, Rich is a good persoanl friend to some of us in this band, and we always love jamming with Fleshgrind!!! The decision was strictly business.

Comatose Music out of South Carolina will be releasing the CD instead. Comatose will have a CD Sampler on the next issue of Anvil Mag (formerly SOD), but we jumped aboard too late for a spot, but there will be advertisements in this issue regarding our CD. Our CD should be released by May/June.

News From Vitality:
"Due to the fact that our webmaster is not updating our website anymore and we cant get a hold of him. VITALITY has decided to send a e-mail out to say that all our show updates and other news will be able to be viewed on our myspace account at this address. www.myspace.com/vitality
You can view our music and news updates on that page.

VITALITY will be headlinig the first TEXAS WARFEST. KROMIUM is putting on the show. The show date is set for SATURDAY MAY 14th @ MONTE CARLOS in ARLINGTON. No cover and its 21 and up to get in.

Thanks /VITALITY"

March 26 Show @ Cardi's

"What a KILLER night for underground metal! I hope everyone had as great of a time as I know I did. A HUGE thank you goes out to all the bands who performed and fans who came out to support and showed us the extreme metal scene is alive and thriving in our area." -The Adversary

Check out some pretty awsome pictures by The Adversary and Realms of Metal.

New Pictures Posted

I just posted a few pictures from last night's show at The Backroom. Underground, Melanoma, Images of Violence, and Hatchetwork tore up the stage. Kick ass show last night! \m/ Stop by the Gallery to check them out. I'll be posting more pictures soon from upcoming shows.

Remember to send me flyers and any pictures from any shows, band logos, band/group photos, or pictures of you hanging out with friends at a show.

CANCER BENEFIT SHOW

APRIL 2, 2005
LIVE AT THE BACKROOM
AUSTIN, TEXAS

Hatchetwork 12:30AM
War Within 11:30PM
By Any Means Necessary 10:30PM
Course Of Ruin 9:30PM
Bedlam 8:30PM
Indisgust 7:30PM
Scattered Remains 6:30PM
Darling Sinister 5:30PM
Permafrost 4:30PM

ALL AGES WELCOME
DOORS OPEN AT 4:00PM

New Vesperian Sorrow Page

"Hi everyone,

There is a new MySpace page for my band Vesperian Sorrow. The original one was deleted, so we have to start all over. If you would like to rejoin, or join for the first time, it would be greatly appreciated. The URL is www.myspace.com/vesperian

Thank you,
Donni"

Return of NeverDead

March 15:
"Thanks to Becca and Tanya at Renegaderadio.net the NeverDead return show has been saved. They have secured another venue for us in Deep Ellum. The show is on for the 26th. I will post full details later this afternoon. For now, I can tell you the show will be at Reno's Chop Show off of Crowdus and Elm street in Deep Ellum. Cover charge is even cheaper! It's only 5 bucks. Everyone this has been one heck of a roller coaster for all of us, so come down and party with us in celebration, we will finally return!!!"

March 21:
"Saturday March 26th
Reno's Chop Shop
210 N. Crowdus Street Deep Ellum/Dallas
17 and up are welcome
$5.00 cover for all
NeverDead will play at 10pm, get there early for better parking. Parking is located across the street from Reno's.

There's the details, see ya there."
-Jessi (NeverDead)

Gates of Enoch News

"Greetings,

To avoid rumors that will eventually turn into drama, I wanted to be the first to let everyone know that Gates of Enoch drummer, Mythos, is no longer in the band. The reason is better left undiscussed, out of respect to the privacy of all individuals involved in this matter.

We will play all of our upcoming shows, as we were fortunate enough to find temporary and possible full-time replacements to fill in on such a short notice.

Infernal hails,
Krullenzith"

New Webzine Coming Soon!

The First and Only Webzine covering Austin Extreme Metal ... Coming Soon.

Fuck the Posers. Support your scene or shut the fuck up.

ETMFEST III Update

I just wanted to let everyone know that booking for the fest has been put on hold. If you've contacted us about wanting to play and we haven't replied it's because we've recieved a lot of emails from bands and we need to settle some things before we can continue booking. On the lighter side of things we have July 23 set for the fest. Mark your calendars.

Don't forget about our upcoming shows. April 2, South Texas Metalfest 2 is now right around the corner, prepare for a brutal night of extreme fucking metal. For details on this show, visit our shows page and/or gallery to see the flyer. You can also visit www.stmp.us for info on the location.

April 9, Averse Sefira will once again take the stage and perform their entire new album that is set to be released this June. These guys don't play in Texas often and this is probably their only date in Texas in 2005, you don't want to miss this show, which is getting advertised as far away as Europe. Vex, Gates of Enoch, and Hammer Whore will be tear up the stage also. If you want to check these bands out, stop by their websites:

http://www.aversesefira.com
http://www.vexhomepage.com
http://www.chaoticgoat.com/goe/
http://www.angelfire.com/tx6/hammerwhore/

Fleshgrind In-Store Appearance

Fleshgrind will be doing an in store appearance at Metal Blast Records in Corpus Christi, TX on Friday, March 18, 2005. The band should be arriving at the store at 3 PM. There will be door prizes and refreshments available.

Metal Blast Records
11330 Leopard St
Corpus Christi, TX

For more info: devourmentproductions.tk

Vex News

"Greetings friends...just to let you know, we finally have shirts available. No word on the price yet, but I am sure they won't be that expensive. They will be sold at our next 3 shows:

April 2 at Desperado's in Abilene, TX (9 band metalfest w/ Valsgarde, Vesperian Sorrow, Dark End Down, Mortality, Infliction, Ninth Kingdom, Scar, and Ancient Remains)

April 9 at the Backroom in Austin, TX (w/ Averse Sefira, Gates of Enoch and Hammerwhore hosted by Extreme Texas Metal)

May 28th at the Backroom in Austin again (w/ Masochism, Ninth Kingdom, Mala Suerte, Gates of Enoch and War Within hosted by Extreme Texas Metal and The Adversary Productions)

These will be our last shows for a while, as we need to take some time off to finish our album.

Cheers and Beers,

-Ciaran"
http://www.myspace.com/vexhomepage
http://www.vexhomepage.com

The EDGE Magazine Banned From SXSW

Its official, The EDGE Magazine has been banned from attending any
and all functions associated with the SXSW conference.

For the last seven years The EDGE Magazine has supported unsigned
groups from San Antonio, San Marcos, Austin and surrounding cities. Every
year the EDGE has donated over four to six pages of its March
issues to covering the events and performances of the SXSW conference and
asked nothing in return, not even for passes or wristbands. These were
donated pages to help support the event and the groups that were
performing.

For the last three years The EDGE has sponsored The Quadruple Heart
Bypass Rockfest that goes on during the same time as SXSW. Since this
show usually had Texas local and Indie band who didnt have the honor of
getting picked for a showcase from SXSW, the EDGE was honored to help
support these groups when they need it most. Since the groups were not
chosen to play any showcases we figured that it would in no way conflict
with any of the other events going on during SXSW. And since weve
been doing this for the last couple of years and had never had any
problems with the SXSW committee that there would be no problem especially
seeing that SXSW is supposed to be about supporting unsigned music and
all. And lets not forget to mention that our SXSW press credentials
were not pulled the last 2 years we sponsored the QH Bypass, nor were we
ever notified about SXSW concerns about what we endorse.

With out any phone calls or warnings to our office, Publicity director
for SXSW Elizabeth Derzco, systematically contacted staff writers for
The EDGE and revoked all their press credentials that had already been
granted days prior, and forbid them from attending any SXSW conferences
and all its events. We have even been forwarded emails from SXSW
members threatening bands who are playing the “QH Bypass� that they would
black ball their bands from the SXSW events, and they would never be
able to play the event again. We were even informed that someone from the
SXSW committee went so far as to contact music industry people that we
have relationships with and tell them that we were banned from the
event.

Our writers contacted our main office and forwarded us the emails from
Elizabeth and the other SXSW members. Other sponsors of the Bypass were
also threatened and have forwarded us their emails. We even received
phone calls from our friends at some of the Record Labels who laughed
along with us about the whole thing. We immediately contacted Mrs. Derzco
asking if it was true about The EDGE being banned from the event. With
a one line return email she confirmed that The EDGE was banned from
SXSW do to us sponsoring a conflicting event. Over the phone a SXSW member
had the nerve to ask the names of people who we might have had
PAID for their passes separately. I guess this was so they could revoke
their paid passes to.

In all my many years of working in the music business I have never seen
such a political noose from such a power hungry, money hungry, group of
individuals. It is quite sad and pathetic for SXSW to deny any sort of
media support for bands that they undeniably rejected from their event.

I want to apologize to any of the groups that were threatened for their
participation in The Bypass Rockfest. I also want to apologize to all
of our contributing writers who were looking forward to covering the
SXSW event. I dont know why The EDGE Sponsorship was singled out this
year. There are numerous performances going on during SXSW that are much
larger and draw a lot of people away from some of the SXSW shows.

I personally dont care about attending any of the SXSW conference
events, and I dont need anyones permission on what The EDGE can
cover or cant cover, and I certainly dont need their permission to
attend any of the shows that we have been personally invited to by
labels. What I do care about is the way that this was handled. I think the
reason we werent told about the banning sooner was because they
probably knew I would print the whole thing out for people to read. Im
not writing this for people to rise against the establishment as I think
it is just counterproductive to do so. I just want the supporters of
The EDGE to understand that there is a much larger political structure
that has nothing to do with supporting music that we face day in and day
out. It all comes down to power and money. I regret not being able to
let our writers cover the SXSW event. But in my opinion the true event
is the Bypass Rockfest now. Where unsigned and Indie groups from
Texas can come together and support one another. Isnt that what SXSW
was supposed to be about in the first place.

Don’t be surprised if the SXSW committee pulls extra strings closer
to the event to make sure that the Fire Marshals, TABC, and any other
entity that they have pull over to show up and cause extra headaches.

From this experience I want to let people know that from this date
forward The EDGE will no longer support or sponsor anything from the SXSW
conference itself.

We will continue to support our national and independent record label
interests and there shows and performances during SXSW, and we will
always continue to support unsigned South Texas Rock Artists.

The EDGE was created to open the doors for unsigned rock groups in
South Texas and to let them have a voice. This just means that the EDGE
will have to work harder to keep the music scene strong and thriving. We
ask for your support in all of our events and efforts.

Support Your Scene.!!!

Thank you
Steve Freeman
Publisher of The EDGE Magazine
Your True Texas Rock Connection

“Chaos in the Concho” moved to Abilene, TX

Please take note of the following information. It is VERY IMPORTANT! The venue for the “Chaos in the Concho” show has been changed. Do to an unexpected death in the family of the venues booking manager, Sean has to go out of state for the entire week of when we were booked for this show to take care of his fathers estate sale and other issues. Due to these circumstances instead of changing dates , which would be harder on most of the bands whom have made plans to travel already, we will move the location of the show. Our policy it seems of late has been “With adversity brings opportunity” and this has yet proven that once again. We have come in contact with an agent for a club called Desperados in Abilene,Tx (just north 60 mins from San Angelo). Desperados has a capacity of 700 people and just hosted Shadows Fall when they came through town just about a month ago.

Desperados
(325) 690-1424
5477 S 7th St
Abilene, TX 79605

You can find info and map to the venue by going to www.google.com and typing in desperados + Abilene. It will be the first item at the top of the page.

To Scale The Throne

TO SCALE THE THRONE will be doing an open photo shoot on March 15.
If you an ametuer or professional photographer and you want to come out and give it a shot email abyssalgates666@aol.com for more info.

News Updates

ETM Update. Just wanted to let everyone know about the new gallery. It's taking a while, but I'm still loading more and more pictures to the gallery. It's looking cool, stop by and check it out. We got plenty of room for your pictures. I'm currently accepting pictures for the following:

band photos
the scene (hanging around at shows or something)
live photos (make sure your name is on all the pics if you took them)
tattos/piercings
art (drawings you made, be sure your name is on the photos)

Extreme Texas Metalfest III will be held at The Backroom this summer. Date yet to be determined. We haven't booked any bands yet, but will start soon! Just a rumor for the moment, but this fest might be a 2 day show. We are looking for more sponsors, vendors, food vendors and people to help us promote the fest. We are looking foward to getting this started. I'm working on a website for the metalfest at the moment, check it out when you have time: http://metalfest.extremetexasmetal.com \m/

Averse Sefira has released a video promo for their upcoming cd. If you haven't been able to see the video on this page, you probably need to download Quicktime. Concerning the April 9 show (Averse Sefira, Vex, Gates of Enoch, Hammer Whore) theres major buzz thanks A.S., Prozak from Anus.com, Ruben from Rigor Mortis Records. One more month until the show, if you don't have plans for that night, be sure to make plans to come to The Backroom in Austin. This will most likely be Averse Sefira's only Texas show this year. They will be touring with Dissection later this year in S. America.

Check out the latest issues of The Adversary and Metal Whore for good reviews, interviews, and much more.

More news soon!

Crimson Massacre

Crimson Massacre recorded a new full length a couple months ago and will be releasing it through Deathgasm Records in March. Entitled "The Luster of Pandemonium" the track list for the new album is as follows:

1. Catalyst's Tongue
2. Conquest
3. The Devourer
4. Epoch
5. The Hyperborean's Scolion Epitaph
6. Redemption
7. The Luster of Pandemonium
8. Sacrifice
9. Of Perverted Hope and Fragmented Suffering

The band web site, http://www.crimsonmassacre.com/, will be up during the first week of March. You can reach the band at JmJ109@Juno.com or CrimsonMassacre@hotmail.com, or use US mail:

Crimson Massacre
14803 Gladebrook Dr
Houston, TX 77068

from http://www.anus.com/metal/about/texas_metal/