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Ex-HATE ETERNAL/NILE Drummer Places First In 'Fastest Feet' Category At NAMM Contest

Former HATE ETERNAL/NILE drummer Tim Yeung came in first in the "Fastest Feet" category at the NAMM International Fastest Drummer Contest on Sunday, January 22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Yeung, who recently formed a new extreme-metal project with ex-FEAR FACTORY/BRUJERI...

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Amped

This band frustrates me. They've got the tools, but consistency is often a problem. While "Amped" has its moments, there is never enough going for it to make it a well rounded, quality album of traditional heavy metal. One can always find some satisfactory Jack Frost riff heft here and there, but wi...

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LECHEROUS NOCTURNE Sign With DEEPSEND RECORDS

Deepsend Records has announced the signing of LECHEROUS NOCTURNE, the Greenville, South Carolina-based extreme metal band featuring NILE guitarist Dallas Toler-Wade on drums. The band are currently playing live shows throughout the East Coast and finishing the recording process for their debut full-...

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EXODUS Schedule Dates In Korea, Thailand

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have added dates in Korea and Thailand to their upcoming schedule. The group's irinerary is now shaping up as follows: w/ THE HAUNTED, NILE: Feb. 25 – Seoul, Korea @ Rolling Hall Feb. 28 – Osaka, JPN @ Big Cat Mar. 01 - Nagoya, JPN @ Club Quattro ...

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MNEMIC Guitarist Launches New Web Site

MNEMIC guitarist and renowned artist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie's newest web site has been launched at www.cadaverman.com. "Cadaverman is meant to serve as my personal portfolio in regards to the artworks, album covers, photography and music I have worked on," Mircea said in a statement. "In the photogr...

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GOD FORBID Hit The Road With ANTHRAX; Announce Headlining U.S. Itinerary

GOD FORBID will kick off the New Year in true heavy metal fashion on tour as direct support to ANTHRAX with SWORN ENEMY and MANNTIS in the opening slots. The trek, which runs from January 6 through January 21, will lead them across the U.S. and immediately into a national headlining run with SWORN E...

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WITH PASSION Announce New Lineup

Sacramento's melodic, blackened tech-metallers WITH PASSION have announced the addition of CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE members Greg Donnelly (drums),John Abernathy (guitar) and Jeffrey Morgan (guitar) to the group's ranks. The band have spent the last couple of months practicing and gearing up for th...

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HYPOCRISY: Memphis Show Cancelled

Due to problems with the promoter and the venue, HYPOCRISY's scheduled performance on January 12 at the first show for the Annihilation World Tour in Memphis, Tennessee has been cancelled. By default, DECAPITATED will also not perform because they are traveling on the same tour bus. HYPOCRISY's inau...

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KARL SANDERS Talks About His Pre-NILE Band MORRIAH

Chief editor Vincent Eldefors of Sweden's Tartarean Desire webzine conducted an interview with NILE founder Karl Sanders on October 7, 2005 prior to the band's show in Linköping, Sweden. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tartarean Desire: I noticed that you were accused of cancelling your s...

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THE HAUNTED Announce Japanese, Australian Tour Dates

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED will play the final dates in support of their "rEVOLVEr" album in February/March 2006 in Japan and Australia. The details are as follows: Extreme The Dojo Vol. 15 w/ NILE, EXODUS: Feb. 28 – Osaka, JPN @ Big Cat Mar. 01 - Nagoya, JPN @ Club Quattro Mar. 02 - Tokyo, ...

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Drummer TONY LAUREANO Says Band Politics Are To Blame For His Departure From NILE

In a recent interview with Sweden's Global Domination, drummer Tony Laureano was asked to explain the reasons for his departure from NILE and his opinion on his replacement in the group (George Kollias). "Well, it boils down to the fact that I was not happy with the politics within the band," Tony b...

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HURTLOCKER Schedule Texas Dates With HYPOCRISY, NILE

Just prior to leaving for Europe to tour alongside GRAVE, CRYPTOPSY, ABORTED, DEW-SCENTED, and Napalm labelmates VESANIA during February and March, Chicago's four-man wrecking crew HURTLOCKER will play two shows in Texas with HYPOCRISY, NILE, SOILENT GREEN, WITH PASSION and DECAPITATED: Jan. 14 - Ri...

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SEVEN WITCHES: 'Amped' Gets A U.S. Release Date

Candlelight Records has set a January 24, 2006 North American release date for the new SEVEN WITCHES album, "Amped". The follow-up to last year's "Year of the Witch" is the group's first album to feature new singer Alan Tecchio, formerly of HADES and WATCHTOWER. The band recently shot a video for th...

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HYPOCRISY Mainman Is 'Looking Forward' To Touring With NILE

Returning to North America in support their acclaimed album "Virus", Sweden's HYPOCRISY will be joining one of death metal's most revered bands, NILE, New Orleans' SOILENT GREEN, U.K.'s RAGING SPEEDHORN (touring U.S. for first time) and Polish brutalitarians DECAPITATED on a mission to infect the ma...

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UNLEASHED Prepare To Record New Album

Legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED are in the final stages of pre-production for their new album and are slated to record the CD in January/February 2006 for a tentative summer release. In other news, UNLEASHED have confirmed the following festival appearances during 2006: Mar. 04 - Katowic...