Metal Church call it quits!

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MetalFRO wrote:: ^^ Yeah, sucks but not a surprise. I never really thought Ronnie's voice gelled w/ the sound of the band, and I'm guessing the metal masses didn't either. Too bad, with a different vocalist they may have held more interest of late.

M.C. was one of my faves back in the day so I really really WANTED to like the new lineup, but I gave all three of the records they released a fair shake and found them all to be very middle-of-the-road. There were enough decent songs between the three records to make a somewhat cool "Best Of" album but by and large they were rather dull.

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 19329 Age : 53

End to a band I thought should have been bigger than they where. Still, a great run never the less.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1786 Age : 37

Man, that sucks! At least I had to see MC live (WOA 2006) ...

I didn't know that about SPV, is this an old news?

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sovdat wrote:: Man, that sucks! At least I had to see MC live (WOA 2006) ...

I didn't know that about SPV, is this an old news?

I think it was late May when they first reported it.

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SPV filed bankruptcy, but they are still in business. They just do not have a lot of money to dole out for thier bands right now...filing does not mean ceasing business. SPV is the reason PAIN OF SALVATION had to pull out of the Progressive Nation tour this year...SPV did not have enough money to help fund thier tour.

Sucks about METAL CHURCH...

And I recently saw where ANNIHILATOR has just finished an album and Waters was all excited about it...someone will put it out even if not SPV...they are not breaking up.

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Like Shawn sez, SPV is not going out of business, but I betcha a lot of bands will be dropped from their roster in the near future.

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

I sorta lost interest in Metal Church (the last album I bought was Masterpeace), but it's a shame when a band that has been around as long as they have has to give it up.

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This really blows, I love all incarnations of this band. Hope to see more form Kurt and Ronnie in the future.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

I got into these guys 25 years ago (like a lot of dudes here) and loved everything they put out. This Present Wasteland was my favorite release of 2008. I just listened to it in the weight room yesterday; it really should have sold 100,000 copies. Too many posers in this world!

Metal master Number of posts : 814 Age : 58

I very much regret that. They did some of the best Metal albums ever.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9948 Age : 49

too bad. we'll miss some awesome metal. At least, we still have their cds...

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1069 Age : 58

Question? This is not a dig,but were there any orional members in the band?

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2056 Age : 48

Kurt Vanderhoof....however you spell it was still in it.

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Rex wrote:: Kurt Vanderhoof....however you spell it was still in it.

He was the only one left, correct?

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MetalGuy71 wrote:

Rex wrote:: Kurt Vanderhoof....however you spell it was still in it.

He was the only one left, correct?

Yea, he was the only guy from the original 80s lineup left in the band.

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Metal graduate Number of posts : 375 Age : 50

With that said, Kurt obviously was a strong part of that band since I think minus singers the music all pretty much stayed true to form, and since Kurt was the one common denominator, it seemed he had a great vision and stuck to it.

Metal master Number of posts : 532 Age : 123

At least we have 2009 Rocklahoma!

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3012 Age : 35

Holy crap! How did I miss this? I must have been on vacation. This blows nuts!

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1778 Age : 37

the latest is that there is a rumor that dave mustaine said that he could tried to get metal church into the gigantour.

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powermacho wrote:: the latest is that there is a rumor that dave mustaine said that he could tried to get metal church into the gigantour.

He doesn't need to try he is the owner of the festival. He should drop one of those trendy hot topic bands.

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Temple of Blood wrote:: I wonder how many more SPV acts will quit too. ANNIHILATOR?

SPV is going to release a live Annihilator DVD soon which Jeff Waters sez will complete their contractual obligations to the label. They're already shopping for a new label deal for the next Annihilator album, which is supposedly already "in the can."

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Fat Freddy wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:: I wonder how many more SPV acts will quit too. ANNIHILATOR?

SPV is going to release a live Annihilator DVD soon which Jeff Waters sez will complete their contractual obligations to the label. They're already shopping for a new label deal for the next Annihilator album, which is supposedly already "in the can."

Annihilator are survivors, Waters kept the band going as pretty much a one man band studio project in the 90's and back into a respectable live band now. I don't think Jeff will let anything put an end to Annihilator til he is ready.

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Troublezone wrote:

powermacho wrote:: the latest is that there is a rumor that dave mustaine said that he could tried to get metal church into the gigantour.

He doesn't need to try he is the owner of the festival. He should drop one of those trendy hot topic bands.

True TZ he could do that but those trendy bands put bums in the seats, where Metal Church would not add much too bottom line.

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manny wrote:: True TZ he could do that but those trendy bands put bums in the seats.

I've heard from people who've gone to Gigantour shows that there haven't been many "bums in the seats" no matter who was on the bill.

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Quote :: True TZ he could do that but those trendy bands put bums in the seats, where Metal Church would not add much too bottom line.

They just need to be marketed and promoted better because even their newer stuff is pretty good imo and much better than the modern stuff out now. Kurdt Vanderhoof is a great producer and musician and i'm sure there are still some older metal heads out there with their kids ready to bang their heads to "Beyond the Black".

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