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GOD FORBID Announces Headlining U.S. Tour; Launches YouTube Page

New Jersey's GOD FORBID will soon return to annihilate the masses with one of the most brutal package tours of the year. This stunning Revolver-sponsored headlining trek, dubbed "The Chains of Humanity" tour, also features extreme metal titans GOATWHORE and MNEMIC, who are two of the most talked abo...

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A New Shape of Desperation

Whether one considers "A New Shape of Desperation" by Swedish tech-thrashers BY NIGHT as a progression from its 2005 debut "Burn the Flags" depends on how strictly the term is interpreted. From the standpoint of songwriting, the band has settled down and allowed compositions that had bordered on pur...

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SOILWORK: Tour Report

Swedish metallers SOILWORK, who are currently touring North America with DARKEST HOUR, MNEMIC and THREAT SIGNAL, have posted the following message on their official web site: "Here's another update from the road! Everything's been killer so far, it's a great feeling to meet up with all you U.S. SOIL...

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ZAKK WYLDE: 'You Need To Be Passionate About What You Do'

Scott McLennan of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette News recently conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's songwriting process: "We just get in the studio and work. The bass player and me just...

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ANONYMUS Signs With GALY RECORDS

Galy Records has announced the signing of ANONYMUS. The group's new album, "Chapter Chaos Begins", was produced by Jean-François Dagenais (KATAKLYSM, MISERY INDEX) and mastered by Peter In de Betou (MESHUGGAH, DIMMU BORGIR). The CD, which reportedly contains "ten songs of pure and ferocious thrash m...

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LOWDOWN Schedules Norwegian Gig With SATYRICON

Up-and-coming Norwegian metal quartet LOWDOWN will support SATYRICON in Honefoss, Norway, on November 3. Also scheduled to appear is the death metal act ZEENON. The concert will be held at a very intimate venue (Alfreds) holding a maximum of 300-400 people. LOWDOWN's sophomore album, "Antidote", was...

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ANATA Podcast To Air This Week At THE METAL OBSERVER

Swedish death metal masters ANATA have been busy composing a variety of new material and playing assorted show dates in support of their latest album, "The Conductors Departure" (Earache) throughout Europe. One of the top international online metal resources, TheMetalObserver.com, recently conducted...

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Ex-DARKANE Frontman Lays Down Vocals On New SCARVE Album

French metallers SCARVE have recruited Swedish vocalist Lawrence Mackrory (ex-DARKANE) to sing on their upcoming album, tentatively due in March 2007 via Listenable Records. Lawrence, who is currently active in several projects, including the "fantabulously moshoholic" F.K.Ü., did an "amazing" job o...

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CONSTRUCDEAD: In Pre-Production Mode

CONSTRUCDEAD, the Swedish band featuring TERROR 2000 drummer Erik Thyselius, has issued the following update: "We've been kinda busy recording pre-production songs for the upcoming album. Most of the songs are finished. Now we just need to get them to Jocke Skog (producer) and make sure he likes the...

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MESHUGGAH's HAAKE At DRUMMERLIVE: Video Footage, Photos Available

MESHUGGAH's Tomas Haake was one of the performers at the DrummerLive 2006 event on September 24 at ExCeL Centre, London Docklands, England. Check out a couple of video clips: Clip#1, Clip#2. Photos are available at this location. MESHUGGAH's reissue of its acclaimed 2002 effort, "Nothing", is due in...

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SLAYER, DISTURBED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, LAMB OF GOD On 'Saw III' Soundtrack

Warcon Enterprises has set an October 24 release date for the "Saw III" soundtrack. The final list of tracks that are set to appear on the effort is as follows: 01. ALL THAT REMAINS - "This Calling" 02. STATIC-X - "No Submission" 03. SLAYER - "Eyes Of The Insane" (exclusive remix) 04. LAMB OF GOD .....

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THE DUSKFALL Confirmed For Sweden's NORDIC RAGE FESTIVAL

Swedish metallers THE DUSKFALL have been confirmed for the Nordic Rage Festival, set to take place December 2 in Boden, Sweden. More acts will be announced soon. THE DUSKFALL recently announced the addition of bassist Matte Järnil (ex-21ST IMPACT) to the group's ranks. Järnil replaces former member...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer Announces Singer, Name For Solo Project

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, what can I say, I'm one busy dude!!! I'm sorry once again for the delay in updates but my life has been completely taken over by the album I am recording. I have tons of news for ...

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SUSPERIA Putting Finishing Touches On New Album Recordings

Vocalist Athera of SUSPERIA — the Norwegian band featuring former members of DIMMU BORGIR and SATYRICON — has issued the following update: "It looks like things are slowly gathering momentum in the SUSPERIA camp and there's lots of things going on. We are taking a break from recording our new album...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK And ERIC Talk About CLIFF BURTON's Death: Video Available

The makers 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, have posted a 45-second video clip featuring Eric Peterson and Chuck Billy from TESTAMENT discussing getting signed, aud...