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VENOM: Stockholm Signing Session Announced

British black metal pioneers VENOM will take part in a signing session on Thursday, May 24 at Sound Pollution in Stockholm, Sweden between 18.00 and 19.00. Sound Pollution is located at Stora Nygatan 18. More information is available at www.soundpollution.se. VENOM will embark on the "Scandinavian 7...

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Age of Tyranny

Throughout their long and storied career, PRO-PAIN has clung to their metallic hardcore formula with dogged tenacity, long before anyone talked about "crossover" (in the 1990s sense) or "metalcore." There have been times where it seemed like the band was phoning it in, but they really turned a corne...

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ESOTERICA Signs With BIELER BROS. RECORDS

Bieler Bros. Records has announced the signing of U.K. industrial rockers ESOTERICA. The band will release its new album, "The Fool", in the fall. Recorded with acclaimed producer John Fryer (NINE INCH NAILS, H.I.M., DEPECHE MODE),"The Fool" is described in a press release as "a perfectly crafted,...

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Treatise on the Abyss

Billed as the "Satanic elite of Louisiana," Baton Rouge's CATHOLICON have been leaving paths of scorched earth since 1994. "Treatise on the Abyss" is the band's third full-length album and follow up to the whirlwind of lost souls that is "The Death Throes of Christianity". Those yet to discover CATH...

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VENOM Tribute Album 'Gods Of Goats' Due This Month

Polish label MetalruleZ Productions will release a VENOM tribute album, entitled "Gods of Goats", on May 14. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 661. MACHETAZO - "Black Metal" 662. STURMGEWEHR666 - "In League with Satan" 663. HANGMAN - "Raise the Dead" 664. EMPHERIS - "Lady Lust" 665. CREMAS...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist KISSER To Play Two Gigs With His 'First Band Ever'

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "I'm going to do two gigs with old time friends, my first band ever, ESFINGE (SPHINX). We started in 1983, we all studied in the same school and had the same musical taste. We played from TWISTED SISTER to VENOM. It was a great way...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Says He Is Amazed By Hostility Of BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors

Jeff Spevak of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT/ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO guitarist Alex Skolnick. A few excerpts follow: On TESTAMENT's early days: "The first year that TESTAMENT toured, in the late '80s, we were mistaken as a religious band. We were book...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer: I Thought The Band Would Never Make The Big Time

Dark Starr from Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently conducted an interview with original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins. An excerpt follows: Wormwood Chronicles: Many people may not know that you were the founding member and original lead singer for JUDAS PRIEST. Can you catch the readers up a bit o...

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THROWDOWN To Headline WARPED TOUR's Ernie Ball Stage

Orange County, CA-based band THROWDOWN will headline the Ernie Ball stage all summer long on this year's Vans Warped Tour. "We did about five dates on the Ernie Ball stage last year and we were really happy with how amazing they were," said singer Dave Peters. "A lot of our fans turned out last year...

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Former VENOM/Current ATOMKRAFT Frontman Launches RAUBTIER

Former VENOM and current ATOMKRAFT frontman Tony Dolan has launched a brand new project dubbed RAUBTIER. Joining Dolan in the U.K./Swedish group's lineup are Hulkoff and Matt Buffalo. Three recently recorded demo tracks can be heard on the band's official MySpace page. RAUBTIER is: Tony "Demolition"...

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'Murder Music': Black Metal Documentary To Debut Via Online Pay-Per-View

Rockworld.TV, the U.K.'s most innovative and inventive rock music and lifestyle channel, has produced an in-depth documentary about the history of black metal, the most controversial and misunderstood arm of heavy metal's complex genealogy. Titled "Murder Music: A History of Black Metal", the 64-min...

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MERCILESS DEATH: Debut Album Samples Available

Two tracks from MERCILESS DEATH's debut album, "Evil in the Night", have been posted on the Heavy Artillery Records MySpace page. According to a press release, the preview tracks "Exhumer" and "Ready to Kill" "capture the speed, aggression and musical prowess of thrash legends such as EXODUS, DARK A...

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VENOM: Scandinavian Tour Dates Announced

British black metal pioneers VENOM have confirmed a "Scandinavian 7 Dates Tour" beginning late May. Commented VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant: "Even though we headlined the festivals last year, because of the time of year it was still broad daylight, so to play some indoor venues in the pitch bl...

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WOLF: Live Video Posted Online

Sweden's WOLF has posted a live clip recorded during the band's appearance at the Keep It True festival on November 4, 2006 at Sporthalle in Dittigheim, Germany. Watch a video of the song "Venom" from the group's 2002 release "Black Wings" at this location. WOLF's latest album, "The Black Flame", wi...

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Former VENOM/Current ATOMKRAFT Frontman Performs With WAY OF LIFE In Canada; Videos Available

Former VENOM and current ATOMKRAFT frontman Tony Dolan joined the Canadian band WAY OF LIFE (which features Dolan's nephew) as a special guest on February 16 at The Chubby Pickle in Windsor. Watch video clips of Dolan and WAY OF LIFE performing VENOM's "Welcome to Hell" and WAY OF LIFE's "Driven" at...