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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'Ziltoid The Omniscient' North American Release Date Announced

Inside Out Music America has set a May 22 release date for STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend's next solo album, entitled "Ziltoid the Omniscient". The CD, which will be released under the DEVIN TOWNSEND banner instead of THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND, was recorded completely by Devin, who took...

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NINE, CULT OF LUNA, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

NINE, CULT OF LUNA, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and STURM UND DRANG have been confirmed for the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 30 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLAYER MACHINE HEAD MASTODON STONE SOUR MESHUGGAH NINE CULT OF LUNA HARDCORE SUPERST...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'Ziltoid The Omniscient' Artwork Posted Online

The projected artwork for STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend's next solo album, entitled "Ziltoid the Omniscient", has been posted online at this location (art created by Travis Smith). Devin described the material on the CD as a mix between STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND...

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LACUNA COIL, MY DYING BRIDE, ENTOMBED Confirmed For Italy's FROZEN ROCK OPEN AIR

LACUNA COIL, MY DYING BRIDE and ENTOMBED have been confirmed for the first edition of the Frozen Rock Open Air festival, a brand-new extreme-metal event which will be held July 14 at Prato dei Popoli (Area Impianti Sportivi) in Marcon, Italy. Headlining the show will be MESHUGGAH. The festival billi...

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SOILWORK: New Songtitles Revealed

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid is putting the finishing touches on the lyrics for the band's upcoming album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. "I have started my two weeks of decadence, getting drunk and write lyrics... that's usually how i do it and it usually works just fine,...

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'Get Thrashed' Thrash Metal Documentary: East Coast Premiere Announced

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its East Coast premiere in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m. as part of the Backseat Film Festival....

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BEHEMOTH, CYNIC, KATAKLYSM, VIRGIN STEELE Confirmed For Italy's EVOLUTION FESTIVAL

BEHEMOTH, CYNIC, GORY BLISTER, KATAKLYSM and VIRGIN STEELE have been confirmed for the Evolution Festival, set to take place July 7 in Italy. More acts will be announced soon. BEHEMOTH recently started mixing its new album, "The Apostasy", at Dug-Out studios in Uppsala, Sweden with Daniel Bergstrand...

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BEHEMOTH Begins Mixing 'The Apostasy'

Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH have started mixing their new album, "The Apostasy", at Dug-Out studios in Uppsala, Sweden with Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD). Commented mainman Nergal: "Finally I made it to Sweden. I know, we owe you the new video report and some...

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MESHUGGAH: New Album Tentatively Due In September

Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Yup, it's us again already!! (Oh, that soon!? - you think) We know you guys think we update this site way too often and that our continous 'super-flux' of information is a bit too much for...

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SCHISM Begins Recording Debut Album; Track Listing Revealed

Italian metallers SCHISM have entered Zenith Recording Studio with producer Frank Andiver to begin recording its debut album, "Designation Cluster", tentatively due before the summer. According to a press release, SCHISM's musical approach is similar in style to that of TOOL and MESHUGGAH, featuring...

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SOILWORK: Drums For New CD Completed; Photos, Video Available

SOILWORK's Dirk Verbeuren has laid down the drums tracks for the group's new album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. Guitars for the CD will be recorded starting today (Monday, March 12),according to a posting on the band's official web site. Check put pictures from the recording st...

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Usurper

Relatively slow, angular, sludgy hardcore from Arkansas, influenced by MESHUGGAH and dipped into the black tar phlegm of prime EYEHATEGOD for that rancid touch of Southern malevolence gone bad. Listening to "Usurper" is like a slow-motion car crash — plenty of jagged bits and shards of glass, seethi...

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'Get Thrashed' Thrash Metal Documentary: New Trailer Available

A new trailer for "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" will receive its...

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SLAYER, MASTODON, MESHUGGAH Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

SLAYER, MASTODON and MESHUGGAH have been confirmed for the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 30 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are STONE SOUR and MACHINE HEAD, according to Roadrunner Records Sweden. Revolver magazine's 2007 "Readers' Poll" singled out SLAYER's...

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POWDERBURN, FORCE FED, COURSE OF RUIN To Perform At 'Get Thrashed' North American Premiere

POWDERBURN, FORCE FED and COURSE OF RUIN will perform at the North American premiere of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene. The free rooftop screening is scheduled for Su...