This is from an email that I receive from http://www.metalupdate.com

OZZY OSBOURNE
the madman will have his neck reinforced with a 7-inch steel plate in
the
wake of his recent quad bike accident

HEATHEN
the legendary bay area thrash band has reformed and is working on new
songs, as well as revamping old material – as it stands now, guitarist
Doug Piercy is not part of the reunion lineup

THROCULT
drummer Jeremy Portz has left the band to focus on school – the current
lineup is as follows: Inferno (v,g), Gremor Azazel (g) Forneus Amon (b)
and Lord Naberius (d)

ROYAL HUNT
after more than 10 years with the band, Steen Mogensen (b) and Jacob
Kjaer
(g) have left the band in order to explore different aspects of their
musical careers

THE KYBOSH
this new “riff rawk” act features Eric Kuthe (Sea Of Green) on vocals,
Ron
Bechard (Edwin & The Pressure) on guitar, Frank Sargent (Sons Of Otis)
on
bass and Jeff Zurba (Plasma Blast) on drums

COLOUR TRIP
the band recently joined forces with drummer Gary Williams and bassist
Shaun Varney from the New England hardcore band 5 Seconds Expired

CANDLELIGHT RECORDS / KARMAGEDDON MEDIA
Candlelight has secured the North American license for all Karmageddon
Media recordings - the new partnership will see the US and Canadian
release of all new and reissued catalog titles from the newly formed
Dutch
record label through Candlelight's stateside operation

BW&BK 6-PACK WEEKEND II
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles magazine has announced that round two
will
be held in Cleveland, OH on June 4-5, 2004 and include Grave Digger,
Primal Fear, Seven Witches and E-Force among others

NEW SIGNINGS
Century Media: Chaos Breed
Earache Records: Blood Red Throne
Tribunal Records: Deadsoil
Napalm Records: Visions Of Atlantis
Victory Records: Hawthorne Heights
Nocturnal Art Productions: Mindgrinder