# Hey don't forget the ATOMKRAFT site is rocking over @myspace.com , thanx to CHAMBERED's mainman Stevil! Checkitout and CHAMBERED too!!If you haven't yet been the get yourself over there! ATOMKRAFT@MYSPACE.COM

# RAISED HORNS is a new frontier in the UK metal scene, promotion, label , management etc. and Tony wanted me to put up the banner and fly the flag for Britain, so to speak.Click on and check out the flourishing UK metal scene!!Good luck with the upcoming RH fest on SATURDAY 17TH DECEMBER at ' THE THATCHED HOUSE ' in STOCKPORT, and well done LUKE HAYHURST and all at RH.Friend to our man and to this site ,always our brotherhood of metal support!!Hey if you turn up at the show you may even see a special guest or two!!Who knows?
777

# One of the most talented bands to be coming through from the US.Chambered will be on tour in 2006 and as their mainman Steve Bates (Stevil to his friends!) and Tony are good friends,the band and management have asked Tony to go with them as tour manager.It will be a good year for the boys,click the banner and check them out!We here offer our full support and respect to all the band , may 2006 be your deserved year!!!

# Allerjen are true Brit Metal. One of the 'New Kids on The Block' so to speak , they are rapidly becoming a force , in British Metal , to be reckoned with. Watch out for Allerjen in 2006.Click the link and go listen and view!!!Summer 2006 a full tour is being planned , so no doubt you'll be seeing them very soon too.Show your support for the UK Metal scene,it's alive and very well!!

# This review below is hysterical!This guy get's his information from someones' mother I think?A link to Mp3.com was sent to me,where I followed and ended up viewing the credentials for,DARKEST HOUR the 2 CDset by VENOM featuring Tony,Mantas and Abaddon(exclusivley!).They also had credited as another VENOM lineup,COURT OF DEATH,BURIED ALIVE and KISSING THE BEAST!!Great review and funny as hell ,seeing as no other VENOM lineup appears on ANY of these album's.They are ALL compilations from the 'Tony' era VENOM lineup!! You can click this link to go straight to the album reviews Venom MP3 Downloads - Venom Music Downloads - Venom Music Videos

# Corrections and Apologies all around!
Because I cannot always confirm with the man himself as his schedule doesn't always allow,I attempt to report up to date info but I have again made a slight error in some of the latest bulletins and have been asked to amend some news reports accordingly!
There is no track called KRISTALLNACHT on the new ATOMKRAFT E.P.!The track I have mistakenly called such is actually called,THE DARKENING and there was also a consistant error in the spelling,KRISTALLNACHT has two LL's and not one,as I had previously mispelled the word!My apologies,seems a studio engineer had made an error in titling some mp3 files I was sent and I didn't check!
KRISTALLNACHT (or The Night Of Broken Glass) took place on November 9th 1938,when terror attacks were made on Jewish Synagogues and stores in retalliation,after Ernst Vom Rath (3rd Secretary of the German embassy)had been assassinated in Paris by Polish Jew Herschel Grynszpan.
Hence the significance!
Also I reported about the Live ATOMKRAFT album and the delay as the licences were being sorted out!This was not the case,there is indeed a intention to have a live album released however,I have been told that it needs the attention of the whole band past and present ,as was the original intention ,as a complete DVD/Live CD package is what was intended.
However there are live tracks being compiled now for a bonus special CD so?When,where,and what?Stay tuned I guess!! 777

# Hail again!
Here Roxana from DEATHTHRASHER. We wanted to communicate you that, due to the last interview, our website was visited for many fuckin' people, but yesterday that number was even duplicated because in the Roadrunner website, they promoted our interview! So.. we can say that in a day people visited our website more than in all febrerary =)
Are you convinced that you are already an hyperlegend? ;) Many thanks for all. Cheers!

# Also,we'd like you to check out the new Joe Matera site here at this live link.Joe is a jurno for almost every rock mag you can think of and has interviewed everyone form Satriani to Lemmy,he's also a musician in his own right and is appearing on the ew ATOMKRAFT product as a soloist!Enjoy!Joe Matera Official Website
There's a new interview up with the man himself about his music and the rest ,click on the live link here (and look under interviews of course!)here @DEATHTHRASHER MAGAZINE2
Tony is to feature in 2 more books to be released this year.The first is by legendary NWOBHM jurno,John Tucker.The book called,'Suzie Smiled'is scheduled for and end of summer release and is a ,from their own mouths, history of the NWOBHM in the 1980's.
The second is a look into SLAYER from the people who they met along the way to being 'THE' extreme band of their generation.More details to follow when I have them but the book will be out 2005.
Tony has been interviewed and will feature on 2 more DVD's of music retrospectives,namely, Green Day and U2.They will be out in the autumn and I will endeavour to do as usual and post the covers and all release info I get,should you be interested in these?! 777
Tony has just completed presenting more series for Classic Rock Direct.'The Rolling Stones','The Beatles' and 'The Ramones' will be released after the summer.We will keep you imformed and I will publish covers so you know what you're looking for should you be interested.These are added to the,'Deep Purple' release currently being edited.
Additions; more old shots in the live section,more added to the ATOMKRAFT page,and check out the additions to the Scrapbook and there's more coming,so keep checking in! 777
Some of our guests in our guestbook seem to have very misguided knowledge.Tony and ATOMKRAFT have been planning the USA and South American trip/tour for 7months now,the new studios in Sweden are completed and the band will finish up new recordings before embarking on the US jaunt.This site does not say Tony &, or ATOMKRAFT have cancelled the US trip.They delayed but never cancelled!Tony seems to think these guestbook fakers are people he knows ,but whoever,they have been given very wrong information!Where does this site mention the musical,'Chitty,Bang,Bang'?Where does this site say Tony was there pulling ropes or doing automation on that show????LOL!!!Sad individules, with the wrong information,'AGAIN', guys really! 777

# I have been asked to state the following by the man himself as regards MANTAS and the Zero Tolerance Video!
The 30second promo clip featuring himself and Cherisse Osei was shown on the official MANTAS site way back when they were still in the band and he feels there is no need to see it again,especially now with the band having shot their new version.That I am affraid is my mistake,I misunderstood and as such apologise to Tony and to MANTAS,the band.
However Tony has said that the point to be made was about the record company and how they threatened the none release of the initial album if Tony did not leave and refused to release the original full length video if he was not(along with Cherisse)fully edited out,it was NOT initially anyone's ,except the label managers and owners decisions to threaten both releases.Their mugs were more than happy to have remained in place!
May I also say, that after reading a comment on Blabbermouth.net ,in regard to the previous statement I made,the individule who seems to have commented about this being old news as he has seen the new video for the track and also the full Earthshaker video is telling somewhat ,tall stories ,as the Earthshaker festival footage of MANTAS 2004,featuring Tony and Cherisse has not been made available to the band or label so it is impossible!
OK apology and corrections amended!777

# From the frontline just in.It's been quiet as Tony has been and still is working at the theatre in London on the NY Tony award winning Arthur Miller Play,'Death Of A Sales Man'.The past month has also seen Tony do his first presenting job for Classic Rock direct for the forthcoming Deep Purple DVD,still to come so far are Black Sabbath and Genesis,we look forward to seeing these released sometime later this year.
OK so this news is a bit behind but here it is anyways!!The JOEL McIVER "Magnum Opus"Justice For All : The Truth About METALLICA is out and has been for a while and features many comments from respected Jurno's,band members and people who knew and were around METALLICA during their rise to world domination.Expertly written and insightful as nothing on MEATLLICA before,this book is a must for any and all fans of the old school or since the Black album until now!Tony is featured in this book several times and wished to thank JOEL fo his inclusion in such a monumental and honest book and wants to raise his hat to METALLICA for helping to complete the platform that had begun with LED ZEPPELIN and the like to launch the metal community, thrashing in many different guises and kicking, with everyband of every metal strand into the 21st century!!
Well news from the front line and the Horses mouth as it where tell me things didn't go as planned in Hardenberg!Technical problems persued ATOMKRAFT on to stage and the band fought to keep the show flowing!2 reviews in listed below are not glowing but the band have been promised a 'Revenge' showing in October 2005 so look for them there.Tony's comment to me were as follows...................................
"This is nothing new,ha!ha!We never had it fucking easy the first time around why should we now?Everything was perfect except the actual technics of the show,mikes,monitors a right handed kit for our left handed drummer,ha!ha!Just switch it right?Oh yeah unless you are told absolutely it cannot be altered.My drummer is like 6 foot tall and well let's just say it was fucked up!Still we have that age old ATOMKRAFT moral of fuck it,nothing's gonna stop this from hitting you so to all that were there,I apologise we were not at our best but we were not in control of that and when you see us again we will kick a new fucking hole in where ever we may be,trust me!!"
So there it is from the man himself!!OK read on and more coming soon!777

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# The second DVD in the Classic Rock Direct Ltd series of Critical Retrospectives, THIN LIZZY, featuring Tony is out now.

# BLINDED BY FEAR's,STEVE MASON,joins the boys as the new ATOMKRAFT powerhouse behind the kit!!

# Tony' new album is coming along nicely the man says!
Gary Holt has confirmed his appearence as the soloist for the album's title track.Gary is joining a growing list of great players from,Destruction to Malevolent Creation,Sodom.Also the album will feature a cover of a Thin Lizzy Classic suitably thrashed!Don't worry folks I've been assured it's not SARAH!!
I have been asked not to give too much away so I can't say more right now and believe me I would like to but I am assured that album is on target for it's completion and then the release date will be set!Looking at the moment like just before summer 2005 too co-incide with US and South American dates followed by Spain,Italy,Greece,Portugal,Poland,Chez and possible dates further in Europe.
Tony has been featured in a series of DVD documentaries for Classic Rock.Titled behind tthe music,Tony has been interviewd and will appear in DVD's on ,NIRVANA,THIN LIZZY,LED ZEPPELIN,GENESIS & T'REX.The first of these on NIRVANA will be available next month I am told.There's apparently more to come also.The Documentaries have been made for Classic Rock Productions and were directed by Gary Moore.
By now you will be aware no doubt that Tony is no longer with the MANTAS band.He has issued a press statement to that fact and has requested that I not use up any more space or time repeating it here.It can be read on BLABBERMOUTH and also BWBK!
Cherrise has also left the project signing a mutli album and sigle deal as part of a 3 piece all girl rock outfit,with POLYDOR.
This is a great shame for Tony and Jeff(Mantas) but nothing is more important than moving forward as Tony says and anything that prevents that movement has to be left where it is!
He wishes the rest of the band the greatest of luck and hopes the album gets the recognition it truly deserves!Tony still appears on the album by the way. 777

# TOTAL ROCK radio next Thursday,26th August 2004 @ 11:00am Live,Tony will be interviewed and be promoting the ATOMKRAFT,TOTAL METAL,Neat Anthology 2Disc CD set,released the same day!
He will also be presenting his Top 10 Thrash from the ATOMKRAFT times list!
Also in the news is,TOM ANGELRIPPER(SODOM) will be added to the list of performers on Tony's solo project!HEADSMASHED IN.Tom will sit alongside,PHIL FACIANA(MALEVOLENT CREATION),MIKE (DESTRUCTION),MARSY(MANTAS),PAYRE(HUNTER/KILLER & VIPERINE),TUCKER(MORBID ANGEL) and other guests to be confirmed soon!
MANTAS 'ZERO TOLERANCE' released SEPTEMBER 27th 2004, through DEMOLITION RECORDS.
MANTAS will also appear in October's TERRORIZER magazine and METAL HAMMERS, Subterranean section also.Keep your eyes peeled!!!

# This NWOBHM compilation album will be out in the next few months.I will update soon.It will feature one previously unreleased ATOMKRAFT track,that also does not featuure on the upcoming anthology release!

# Here comes MANTAS the band about to shake some Earth free on the 24th JULY 2004 in Geiselwind,Germany. MANTAS have been announced to appear at the upcoming EARTHSHAKER FESTIVAL in Germany, where they'll appear alongside FEAR FACTORY,ROSE TATTOO and a whole host of cool Metal acts.The show date is July 23rd 2004. The video for 'ZERO TOLERANCE',title track from the upcoming album by MANTAS, which features Tony on bass, is about to go into edit,release date to be confirmed by DEMOLITION RECORDS!There will be a 30second promo of the vid doing the rounds in the next few weeks I'm told to advertise for the EARTHSHAKER FESTIVAL. Still no news on appearing at the MILWAUKEE FEST!.The promoter seems to have stopped calling the band say! The new MANTAS album,'ZERO TOLERANCE' has now been delayed until September says the record company.This may alter touring plans for the band as they don't want to tour with no product released. MANTAS were also taken off the bills at both New Jersey and Minnesota Metalfest's as the main promoter for the NJ show failed to pay for flights for the band to appear so they couldn't get to the US. They will be attempting to rectify this in the summer stay tuned! Tony is about to start shooting a film 'DIRTY WAR' for the BBC and HBO.He will play the leading TSG Officer.The movie is about a smart bomb that goes off in London central. Tony is still hard at work on his solo material with players returning tracks by the week. Tony commented to me,"It'll take longer than I initially thought to finish but man does it sound crazy,there are some great fucking players on this thing now!!!" Stay tuned!
Oh and lest we forget,MASTER & COMMANDER;Far Side of the World, both the single disc and the special double DVD edition will be available next month here in the UK and and everywhere by the end of summer.
I have had a sneak preview and the double DVD is well worth it!Released around April 12th to 16th we are told!

# In MANTAS dress code
Tony has been enjoying some time in L.A. at the Premier of M&C.He also visited the opening in San Diego(see pic above!)he attended the Royal Gala Premier here in London on November 17th,pictures coming on that one!Check out Maximum Crowe for early snaps!While the movie enjoys it's proud opening,Tony has been working on an episode for the BBC of the series Bloody Britain which will be aired next year(late)on T.V. here in the UK!
He has also been hard at work rehearsing the upcomming Mantas album,Zero Tolerance,due out early next year following a new video single by Mantas(the band).Mantas will tour next year too as mentioned before on this site.I will endeavour to update with dates as I get them!
Anyone who has gone to the Official Master and Commander site will not have failed to notice that Tony is not on the cast list! This is an error by the site designers.Tony along with seven(7) other cast members are not listed.
20th Century Fox has assured us that Tony is featured in the book on the making of the film and is present in all press packages released to do with the movie.The simple truth is that the site promoters were only sent certain pictures of cast and as they haven't seen the movie did not realise that there were other cast not yet given to them.Hence the reason that cast are missing from the official site!
The site organizers have apologised and will be rectifying this ASAP(we hope!).Tony will now be attending the premiers for the movie in L.A. and London but not New York as originally stated.Commitments to the new Mantas album and video shoot have prevented this.Stay tuned for more updates!!
The New Mantas album featuring Tony on Bass guitar and Jeff Dunn on Guitar will now be delayed.The album was set to be released in Jan 2004 and now looks like February or march!The bands New York pre-Xmas show also looks doubtful! The album is currently being produced and sounds great! The band will be on the road next year and look set to play Dynamo and Milwakee and tour dates in March.The video single will be out in feb 2004 also!

So what's going on now?
Well Tony's roll in the new Russell Crowe movie,'Master and Commander', as ships carpenter Mr.Lamb, Directed by 'the Truman Show's' Peter Weir and made by 20th Century Fox, will be released on November 14th.The date has already been changed from the first reported June 6th release and may again be changed but we will keep you up to date so keep checking in!
The movie is based on the series of sea faring novels by the now passed Patrick O'Brien.Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars,the story takes place at sea on the Royal Navy friggate,HMS Suprise.A sort of David and Goliath story and Tony has been dubbing on the movie and said it looks great.The anticipation builds!

The Newcastle based newspaper 'the Evening Chronicle' has on it's web site an interview (no images) with Tony about his latest Hollywood film role.

Tony is mentioned as part of the cast list on the Official Patrick O'Brien Gunroom site for Master & Commander.

An interview with Tony is on the Maximum Crowe web site.
The interview concerns the upcomming movie.

2004 will see the release of the ATOMKRAFT anthology by the Sanctuary group.The 2CD set will feature a mix of the three Neat released products.This will be the first time these products will have been released on CD.It will be the 19year anniversary of the 'Future Warriors' release and will be repackaged with sleeve notes by Tony and rare photo's and also some rare and unreleased material as bonus tracks.It should be good so look out here for news on the release date in '04.

Also 2004 will see the release of 2DVD's featuring ATOMKRAFT.1st the Famous Longest day video,'Conductors of Noise' Live at the then Hammersmith Odeon.The release will feature some extras by the way of interview footage with the band members.
The 2nd DVD will be the Spodek Staduim show in Poland 1988,featuring DC.Rage on bass and Tony on rythm guitar.A rare treat and also featuring some new material from the unreleased 'ATOMIZED' album.Also there will be interview footage with passed band members.

The infamous unreleased 'ATOMIZED' album will make it's way into shops also in 2004 along with a previously unreleased ATOMKRAFT live album from Gdansk in Poland.These 2 albums may appear as a set but this has not been decided as yet.We will keep you up to date on the final decision of the release.Interesting footnote here.The Live Polish album from Gdansk feature's ATOMKRAFT's version of 'Children of the Grave' by Black Sabbath and 'Four Horsemen' by Metallica.A wicked bonus never heard before outside the actual show!

In the April and May issues of Terrorizer magazine ATOMKRAFT feature in the 2 part Thrash special.Classic thrash gigs of all time features the ATOMKRAFT,Nuclear Assault gig at London's Dingwalls '87.

DOGMATIX will release product in 2004 and will feature the vocal talents of Lou Delamere.

Sherlock Holmes will be released as a CD box set and will feature 'The Mexican' and 'Brighton Cock' and will possibly be released through FOX.

ATOMKRAFT and Tony's time with VENOM are catalouged in three newly released books in bookstores now. 'The New Wave of British Heavy Metal Encyclopedia'. Rockdetektor's 'A II Z of Thrash Metal' and 'The Great Metal discography',2nd edition(as in the 2nd edition ,Tony features twice in the 1st edition also with both bands repectfully). Details to be found on the Atomkraft page at the bottom.

Finally,Tony will be making his way towards a new ATOMKRAFT album in 2004.Possibly a summer release date.The album will feature new material and some suprise performances too!Tony will begin recording in July 2003.

A new book charting the career of Venom will be compiled and released probably in 2004.It will cover Tony's time with the band.

A Venom anthology will be released sometime in 2003 by the Sanctuary group.It will feature trcks from Tony's time with the band as it will cover their whole career.

Mantas debut album Zero Tolerance will be released Feb/March 2004 following the video single Rage.

Updates and news will be added as they come in so please stay tuned to find out what's happening next!