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Former CARCASS Frontman To Produce DIAMANTHIAN Debut

Liverpool, U.K.-based brutal metallers DIAMANTHIAN, who were voted "Best Unsigned Act" by the readers of Terrorizer magazine, will be recording their debut album in Finland with ex-CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker producing. The CD, which will be mixed in Liverpool, will mark Walker's first music-relate...
August 16, 2004
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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: New Album To Feature ARCH ENEMY Bassist

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS guitarist Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY, ex-CARCASS) has posted the following studio report on the band's web site: "We are back home from our recording session at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. We were in the studio for 8 days and we got all basic stuff down for 12 songs + some...
July 27, 2004
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Why Are Extreme Metal Vocals So Grotesque And Indecipherable?

Will York of The San Francisco Bay Guardian writes: Why are extreme metal vocals so grotesque and indecipherable? Newcomers to the genre often wonder about this — that is, why metal bands spend so much time composing intricate music and detailed lyrics only to go and "ruin it" with those awful guttu...
July 14, 2004
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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS To Begin Recording New Album Next Week

Swedish hard rockers SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, the band featuring former CARCASS and current ARCH ENEMY axeman Mike Amott, will be entering Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden next week with producer Fredrik Nordström (who worked with the group on their "Ad Astra" and "Mantra III" releases) to begin recor...
July 8, 2004
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FIREBIRD To Tour U.S. East Coast In September

FIREBIRD, the British band led by former CARCASS/NAPALM DEATH guitarist Bill Steer, will release their latest CD, "No. 3", in the U.S. on August 31 through SPV Records. An American tour is in the works to coincide with the release. The band plan to play dates across the East Coast in late September....
June 25, 2004
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RELAPSE To Release Companion Compilation To 'Choosing Death' Book

Relapse Records will release a companion CD compilation to coincide with the release of metal journalist Albert Mudrian's book "Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore" this fall. Titled "Choosing Death: The Original Soundtrack", the 20-track CD will aurally illustrate...
May 26, 2004
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FIREBIRD To Record New Album In The Summer

FIREBIRD, the British band led by former CARCASS/NAPALM DEATH guitarist Bill Steer, will enter the studio in the summer to record their fourth album, tentatively due later in the year through Japan's JVC Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Needle In The Groove", "Flying Blind", "Pla...
April 22, 2004
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CARCASS: 'Best Of' Collection Due In May

Earache Records will be issuing a "best of" collection from legendary U.K. grindcore band CARCASS on May 17. Titled "Choice Cuts", the compilation contains over 20 tracks, including two full Peel Sessions broadcast back in 1989 and 1990. It also features a comprehensive booklet including an in-depth...
March 22, 2004
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'Choosing Death: The History Of Death Metal & Grindcore' Due This Fall

Feral House Books will release "Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore", written by longtime extreme metal journalist Albert Mudrian, this autumn. "Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore", which features an introduction by internationally...
February 4, 2004
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UPDATED: Heavy Metal Stars Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2003

Brazilian hard rock magazine Whiplash has compiled an **updated** list of more than 140 hard rock/heavy metal stars' favorite albums of 2003 and has posted it online at this location (scroll down the page). Some albums from 2002 were allowed, and the artists were asked to list anywhere from one to t...
January 31, 2004
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GUITAR WORLD's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time

The March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine includes a list of the 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists as selected by the magazine's staff. "This is not a list that ranks who can play the fastest or with the most taste, feeling or technique (although many players on our list have all of those arro...
January 23, 2004
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'Monsters Of Metal Vol. 1' DVD To Arrive Later This Month

Nuclear Blast Records USA will be releasing the "Monsters Of Metal Vol. 1" DVD on January 27. Described as the "ultimate metal DVD compilation," the two-disc set will contain the following track listing: DVD 1: 01. MANOWAR - "Warriors Of The World United" 02. HAMMERFALL - "Hearts On Fire" 03. HELLOW...
January 7, 2004
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FIREBIRD To Support MONSTER MAGNET In London

Britain's FIREBIRD, the band led by former CARCASS/NAPALM DEATH guitarist Bill Steer, have lined up the following dates during December: Dec. 05 - Station Road, High Wycombe, UK @ The Irish Center Dec. 07 - Charing Cross Road, London, UK @ Astoria (w/ MONSTER MAGNET) FIREBIRD's latest album, "No. 3"...
December 1, 2003
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It's Official: CANNIBAL CORPSE Are The Top-Selling Death Metal Band Of The SoundScan Era

CANNIBAL CORPSE have sold more albums in the U.S. during the SoundScan era than any other death metal band, according to the figures obtained by BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Although the SoundScan numbers are generally indicative of the bands' overall popularity, they are misleading in the sense that many of t...
November 17, 2003
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FIREBIRD: Live Gigs Announced

Britain's FIREBIRD, the band led by former CARCASS/NAPALM DEATH guitarist Bill Steer, have lined up the following dates during November: Nov. 19 - London, UK @ Islington Academy (w/ MOLLY HATCHET) Nov. 21 - Derry, IRE @ Bound for Boston Nov. 22 - Belfast, IRE @ Katy Daly's FIREBIRD's latest album, "...
November 10, 2003