September 2008

By Fringe Staff

This feature in Fringe is just a little spot to read up on some local scene news. If you have some news e-mail it to charlie@fringemag.com

IF YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW

• Sacramento’s Kennel Club had some drama and some rumors went out that the shows booked for the club were all cancelled. According to an email I received from a booker/promoter

“The owner did not consider them cancelled.

In short the kennel club is still doing live music, bands who are scheduled from Sept. on who aren’t listed on ad’s or have touched base with me (Mary Caria) are urged to contact us now so they can retain their date! ” So if you have a show call Tom (Kennel Club owner) or Mary.

• VFW Hall in Orangevale is shutting it’s doors to live shows this month.

• A brand new old one, Club Bisla is the new name of the old Cattle Club/Library/Bojangles and will be opening soon. The new booker promises live shows and great things for the scene!

IN AND OUT OF THE STUDIO

• Mastadon is currently in the studio recording their new album and I heard from a reliable source that the new stuff is “amazing!”

• Bleeding Through’s new album DECLARATION will be released Sept. 30.

• Reunited California-based metallers D\étente - featuring vocalist Ann Boleyn (Hellion) and guitarist Michael Carlino (Fear Of God) alongside original D\étente members Dennis Butler (drums), Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass)

will release “History I” a CD containing the original four-song demo from the band plus the demo from the post-D\étente band Catalepsy on Sept 30.

• Reunited progressive metallers Cynic - whose 1993 album “Focus” is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal - will release their new album, “Traced In Air” on October 28 via Season of Mist Records

• Alice In Chains will enter the studio in October to begin recording its first all-new studio effort since 1995’s self-titled third album.

ON TOUR

• Sacramento’s Will Haven have headed over to Europe to tour with My Own Private Alaska.

• Riverside based extreme metal quintet Suicide Silence will embark on a massive headlining tour this fall, dubbed the “Cleansing The Nation” tour.

LINE-UP CHANGES

• Santa Cruz, -based death metallers Brain DrilL have announced the addition of drummer Joe Bondra from Pennsylvania to the group