Taken from a comment they left on my Myspace age…

Our new single “Rak Lerega Ehad” was released and played on the show Singles @ Galgalatz 91.8FM. Nezt week the Galgalatz crew has a meeting and they’ll decide if this song is gonna be playlisted or not! This is Amstaff`s BIG opportunity to break into the scene, and we need your help to succeed in this mission. We need lots of requests for this song on telemeser glglz:

SINGLES: 03-7655007

HABHIROT: 03-7653597 glz/glglz

FAX: 03-5126757

Israel’s Bishop of Hexen is now getting air/netplay on www.blackmetalradio.com. It’s the only Israeli band in rotation on this website.

Gilad ben Aviva is his name – even to say “Hey G-d please save Gilad ben Aviva” is helpful.

OK, I know if you’re Israeli you more than likely never heard of these guys, but because of the combinot I wanted to put this up.

Chuck Kahl of Brand New Sin informed Metal Israel that Joey Z. of Life of Agony has just produced Brand New Sin‘s third release at his Method of Groove Studios in beautiful Brooklyn, NY. Peter Steele of Type O Negative sings a bit on one of the tracks.

Brand New Sin, similar to Black Label Society, is basically alcoholic cowboy metal. Necks redder than ketchup. Check out their Myspace site to hear some of their material. They’re currently signed to Century Media.

Interview is supposedly forthcoming.

Black metal act Dissection decided at the last minute to cancel their Israeli performance.

According to a statement issued by producer Lior Kamali (loosely translated from Hebrew):

“After much effort I am announcing the cancellation of Dissection’s performance in Israel. The show was supposed to be on Saturday, June 17. Despite the battles, attempts and goodwill, the band informed me late Tuesday night that they are cancelling the show. They gave no reason but we respect their decision.”

It’s gonna take me a while to transcribe this interview with Shadows Fall’s bassist Paul Romanko, but listen to the audio file here.

Review of the new album (IN STORES JUNE 13) that RAAAAAAWKS (and is much more hardcore than previous efforts) forthcoming.

English translation of famed (everywhere except English speaking countries) guitar virtuoso Victor Smolski is up now!!!!!!!!!!! Scroll down past the Russian. Thanks so much to Timor, Dr. David Meshuga and Yehi of Jerusalem Metal for the translation. Visit that site for the Hebrew version. Continue reading »

This interview was with Martin Eric Ain, founder and bassist of Celtic Frost. Unfortunately, the recording of this interview was botched tremendously, hence I was forced to write most of it from memory. Mr. Ain will hopefully correct anything he feels inaccurate.

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CELTIC FROST
Monotheist
(Century Media/Prowling Death Records)

Performance *****
Sound *** (now my readers, you will see what it is like listening to an advance copy marred with digital beeps)

The beepless version of this review will soon be up on American Wired.

Celtic Frost have been termed >beeeeeeeeep< “the elder statesmen of innovative metalâ€? because they were one of, if not the first band to >beeeeeeeeeep< experiment by adding elements such as orchestral music and soft >beeeeeeeep< female vocals to metal >beeeeeeeeeep< music back in the early 80s when things >beeeeeeeeep< like that just weren’t done. Maligned and >beeeeeeeeeeeeep< then beloved by critics, Celtic Frost have been pushing musical boundaries their entire career. According to bassist and founder Martin Eric Ain the main goal >beeeeeeeeep< of the band is to infuse their >beeeeeeeep< music with >beeeeeeeep< spirit. “Monotheistâ€? did achieve that goal, projecting and eliciting pure >beeeeeeeep< emotion by dint of methods harking back to Bauhaus and other old school goth bands, as well as >beeeeeeeep< certain hardcore tendencies like repetitive >beeeeeeep< chord barrage and intensity weaved with atmospheric interludes. The disc brings a slew of different >beeeeeeeeeeeep< styles ranging from hardcore to the Cure. And the sound is tempered for that scratchy vinyl effect >and now you all know what it felt like listening to that advance copy marred with digital >beeeeeeps< . But the frightening reality about this disc is that it really makes you want to kill yourself. Bleak, cold sorrow and hopelessness permeates every track on this disc to a razor sharp depth that only the truly talented can attain. I wonder what they would accomplish with their music if they were happy. Click here for more philosophical ponderings caused by this disc. Continue reading »