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As Halloween approaches, fans of death metal and grind-core may find themselves wondering whatever happened to so many of their favorite horror metal bands. Many of these underground (and not quite so underground) bands are hard to locate information about, much less learn what they are up to at any given time. The truth is that several of these groups are actually hard at work on new material or already on tour.
One of the busiest bands this season is Cannibal Corpse. Since their creation in 1990, they have now reached the one million mark for combined sales of all of their albums. This great achievement has not slowed them down a bit. Their new album, The Wretched Spawn, is slated for release in February 2004 with such track titles as “Severed Head Stoning,” “Rotted Body Landslide” and “They Deserve to Die.” Along with their new album, a Cannibal Corpse box set will be released on Nov. 3 of this year. The box set, titled “15 Years Killing Spree,” will be a limited edition, featuring three CD’s and a DVD.
Horror-punk group the Misfits haven’t been laying down on the job either. After touring as Misfits: Project 1950 over the summer, Jerry Only (original Misfits member), Dez Cadena (Black Flag) and Marky Ramone (the name alone should tell you) will be playing again this fall with opening act, Agent Orange. Project 1950, the Misfits’ exploration of their own rock and roll roots, debuted at number two on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart and at number five on their Top Independent Albums Chart.
English death metal rockers, Cradle of Filth, spent their summer headlining the second stage at Ozzfest, their first American rock festival, and playing many added small shows along the way with other second-stagers, such as Killswitch Engage. They will now be co-headlining a tour with Type O Negative throughout parts of lower New England until about halfway through December. One of the biggest questions in the horror metal scene right now, however, is whether or not the colorful masks and jumpsuits of Slipknot have been laid to rest permanently. The answer, now made public, is a resounding “no.” With new energy, Slipknot is preparing to once again cry havoc and let slip the aggressive fury that is their trademark.
