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Former MASSACRE and DEATH member Kam Lee hasn't let his time away from the limelight dampen his enthusiasm for all things gory, or rust his bloodsoaked vocal cords. He has, however, let some campy horror influences seep out since we saw him last — how else to explain the MISFITS chants and Saturday...

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Former DEATH Members To Perform At CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Concert

DEATH tribute band SYMBOLIC will perform with special guest musicians Bobby Koelble (guitarist on DEATH's "Symbolic" album),Shannon Hamm (guitarist on DEATH's "The Sound of Perseverance" album),Scott Clendenin (bass on DEATH's "The Sound of Perseverance" album) and Daniel Mongrain (MARTYR) at a be...

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CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Concert To Be Held In Quebec City

On December 13 2001, one of the most influential musicians in the extreme metal world, DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, tragically passed away at age 34 after a a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor. In order to keep his memory alive, Capitale du Metal will presen...

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OBITUARY, UNLEASHED, AMORPHIS Confirmed For Serbia's LEGACY FESTIVAL

OBITUARY, UNLEASHED and AMORPHIS are among the latest confirmed bands for the Legacy Festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: May 30: OBITUARY DARK FUNERAL DESTRUCTION THRESHOLD May 31, 2008: JORN LANDE AMORPHIS MELECHESH RAGE UN...

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DEICIDE Guitarist JACK OWEN Checks In

Guitarist Jack Owen (DEICIDE, ADRIFT, ex-CANNIBAL CORPSE) has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Just got home from a couple whirlwind months of touring. First was OBITUARY's North American tour for their great new album, 'Xecutioner's Return'. I want to thank them for letting me tag al...

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BELIEVER Drummer Hopes To Tour In Support On New Album

Drummer Joey Daub of the reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metal band BELIEVER has issued the following update: "As most of you know by now, the official BELIEVER MySpace page is up and running. "Kurt [Bachman; BELIEVER guitarist/vocalist] and I are currently in the rehearsal mode fo...

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NEVERMORE Frontman Taps JAMES MURPHY, JEFF LOOMIS For Solo Album

NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane has tapped James Murphy (ex-TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY) and Jeff Loomis (NEVERMORE) to play guest solos on his upcoming solo album, which is tentatively due in early 2008. Dane has written about eight tracks with former SOILWORK guitarist-turned-producer Peter Wichers...

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HEMLOCK Preparing To Enter Studio

Las Vegas, Nevada-based metallers HEMLOCK are preparing to enter the studio with engineer Eddy Garcia (PISSING RAZORS) to begin recording their new album, tentatively due in early 2008 via Blind Prophecy Records. The group will be submitting a daily studio blog with videos on its MySpace page. Accor...

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OBITUARY, LIVIDITY, ENDSTILLE, DEADBORN Confirmed For Germany's PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR

OBITUARY, LIVIDITY, ENDSTILLE, DEADBORN and DEFLORATION have been confirmed for next year's Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 7-9, 2008 in Bad Berka, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: OBITUARY LIVIDITY ENDSTILLE DEADBORN DEFLORATION LEGION OF THE DAMNED SKYF...

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OBITUARY Guitarist Says He Wrote One Song On New SEBASTIAN BACH Album

OBITUARY guitarist Ralph Santolla (also ex-DEICIDE, ICED EARTH, SEBASTIAN BACH, DEATH) has issued the following update: "I wrote a song on the new SEBASTIAN BACH record, 'Angel Down', which is coming out soon. The song is called 'You Bring Me Down', and you can check out audio samples at Amazon.com....

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HOLY MOSES's SABINA CLASSEN To Guest On KNAC.COM 'The Vault' This Sunday

Frontwoman Sabina Classen of of the long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES will be the featured guest on DJ Will's KNAC.COM traditional/underground metal program "The Vault" this Sunday, November 11 at 11:00 a.m. PST. You can listen to the show live at www.knac.com. Sabina Classen recently secured...

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OBITUARY To Headline BROOKLYN XECUTION FESTIVAL

On Saturday, December 8, Florida's iconic death metal band OBITUARY will make its return to New York, headlining the Brooklyn Xecution Festival 2007 at Club Europa in Greenpoint Brooklyn. The event is presented by mandatory New York heavy metal hangout Duff's Brooklyn and sponsored by Williamsburg's...

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ENGORGED: New Album Title Announced

Portland, Oregon-based speed/thrash metal band is ENGORGED is currently working on the material for its next album, "The House of Cthulhu", to be released in 2008. More information will be made available soon. Since its debut in 1997, ENGORGED has shared the stage with such acts as OBITUARY, MALEVOL...

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PROSTHETIC RECORDS To Reissue Two TESTAMENT Albums

Prosthetic Records has announced reissues from Bay Area metal legends TESTAMENT. Both to feature new liner notes, 1997's "Demonic" was remastered and 1999's "The Gathering" will include the previously only available in Japan, "Hammer Of The Gods". Both will see a worldwide release through the label...

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OBITUARY Guitarist RALPH SANTOLLA: 'To Master An Instrument Requires Suffering'

OBITUARY guitarist Ralph Santolla (also ex-DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) has issued the following update via his MySpace page: "OK, first off — I don't know or do any picking excercises! I'm not into that stuff at all. To the people that keep asking 'how do you play arpeggios?' the temptation to post...