German thrashers KREATOR were forced to cancel their appearance at the Izmir Rock Festival in Turkey on Saturday, October 1.

Commented mainman Mille Petrozza: "We are very disapointed about the unacceptable conditions we had to face in Izmir last Saturday! The band was looking foreward to play this part of Turkey for the first time, but were not willing to risk our lives or the lives of our fans! We believe that the Izmir audience deserves a real KREATOR show, all or nothing, no f***ing compromise! End of story!!!!!"

Pit Bender, KREATOR's tour manager, sent the following more detailed statement regarding the cancellation:

"Because of risk of danger, especially stage and lightrigg, we were not able at all to put on a show in Izmir. All efforts to make the organization change these technical conditions failed and in last consequence after several hours of discussion, we unfortunately had to make this decision.

1. The stage structure was way too unstable and wouldn't hold any pressure through an intense KREATOR show of two hours, especially with the great audience that we've always experienced in Turkey...

2. Light rig, stage: all four towers were not safe; any pressure, physically, could have made it come down.

3. The stage had no roof. Halfway through the show there would have been heavy rain, so the show would have to be stopped anyway, with the risk of electric shocks etc.

4. No efforts at all by the promoters to have proper and safe conditions for the audience and the band.

5. After all this and under these circumstances we finally had to come to this decision.

We feel very sorry for all of our disapointed fans out in Izmir, but hope to come back under better and especially safe circumstances."

Satanic cult may be back again

BY TUNKU SHAHARIAH

SUNGAI PETANI: A youth cult that shocked many parents years ago with its satanic rituals, which included drinking the blood of a slaughtered goat, is believed to have made a comeback.

"We are aware of two groups, one calling itself Black Metal and the other, Red Rover, comprising mostly teenage boys," said Kuala Muda district religious department enforcement officer Kamaruddin Kassim.

He said they would gather at a shopping complex here every Saturday, adding that the boys usually wore black T-shirts and black jeans while the girls would wear knee-high skirts.

"Some of them spot black eyeliners around the eyes," he said yesterday. 

Kamaruddin said the members would loiter around the shopping mall to recruit other teenagers and school leavers.

"This is very worrying. We're placing undercover officers to monitor the situation," he said. 

Kamaruddin declined to say if the recent disappearance of two youths was related to the cult.

UiTM law student Azzem Izzat Ahmaduniawi Rahimin, 18, went missing from a shopping complex here on Sept 24 while clerk Shaharil Mohd Yusiff, 22, went missing on Sept 20 while on his way to work.

Both have since returned to their respective families.

The cult caused a stir several years back to the extent that it became a Cabinet issue.

A 16-year-old ex-cult leader reportedly said the head of a slaughtered goat would be placed on an upturned red cross planted in the ground and its blood collected and served to members.

Kamaruddin said the department was working closely with the police to monitor the activities of suspected cult members. The cult is said to be active here and in Baling.

He said although the department had not received any reports, there had been talk of a re-emergence of the cult, headed by a foreigner.

It is also believed that followers, mainly youths aged between 18 and 22, would burn holy text of various religions, including the Quran.

They would get high through incantations and would tear up and urinate on the Quran and other holy scriptures.

another amusing story to ponder upon (& this time it involves us-farking bullshit! )
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If this is really happening, i really dunno wat 2 say, can't they think for themselves and I hope the Govt. don't start the blaming of metal bands and the music as the cause, didn't this stupid agenda end a few years back 

Utter rubbish. Take the Kreator concert for example, it was controlled chaos so to speak. No one got hurt. Everyone had a great time(even though i did stand for 4 hours and my back wanted to kill me but it was well worth it ). But go to a disco or a club, you can see couples kissing, you can see girls in skimpy clothes, guys trying to grope girls, people smoking and drinking non stop with some even popping pills and/or doing drugs. And the music is just appalling. If it's techno or trance then ok, there's nothing really immoral but those that play R&B and pop? Take a look at the lyrics! Full of sexual innuendos and let's not get me started on the videos. Good examples would be Pussycat Dolls and Rihanna. The former are just singing strippers with a song called Don't Cha which i think really degrades women. While the latter is only like 17 and yet she's barely clothed.

I could go on and on and on but the fact that we metalers are easier to blame because we listen to slightly loud music. Sheesh.

According to the flyer that they (Sony people i think) gave after the Kreator concert, it said that it will come out along with the new Chimaira and Soulfly. It even said they're going to release some old titles as well.

Which of course is just a bunch of horse poo. I've been waiting for the Chimaira for the past 2 months.

New compilation album by nuclear blast consisting of bands cover song.


CD1:
01. The Kovenant - Spaceman
02. The 69 Eyes - You're Lost Little Girl
03. Love Like Blood - Angie
04. Deathstars - White Wedding
05. Life Of Agony - Don't You (Forget About Me)
06. Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl
07. H. I. M. - Wicked Game
08. Paradise Lost - Small Town Boy
09. Apoptygma Berzerk - A Strange Day
10. Zeromancer - Send Me An Angel
11. Crematory - Temple Of Love
12. Moonspell - Love Will Tear Us Apart
13. Graveworm - Losing My Religion
14. Dimmu Borgir - Burn In Hell
15. Samael - I Love The Dead
16. Umbra Et Imago - Rock Me Amadeus

CD 2:
01. Blutengel - Stay
02. Nightwish - Where Were You Last Night
03. Angelzoom - Crawling
04. Tapping The Vein - Cornflake Girl
05. Theatre Of Tragedy - You Keep Me Hanging On
06. The Gathering - Life Is What You Make It
07. To / Die / For - In The Heat Of The Night
08. Underground Moon - Beds Are Burning
09. Sirenia - First We Take Manhatten
10. Therion - Summernight City
11. Evereve - House Of The Rising Sun
12. Tiamat - Sympathy For The Devil
13. Amorphis - Light My Fire
14. In Flames - Everything Counts
15. Disbelief - Democracy
16. Sinner - Wherever I May Roam
17. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Dschinghis Khan

the new Chimaira album is quite a fresh breath (xcept for Mark Hunter's vocals-always the same ), since all the songs feature a guitar solo-  , sumthing they never did previously i believe