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Hate Takes its Form

"Hate Takes its Form" from Denmark's DAWN OF DEMISE is a refreshing take on death metal. It is an example of understanding that "heavy" does not only mean relentless blasting, inhuman speed, or over the top technicality. The band takes a modern, groovy and violent approach with a lot of mid-tempo se...

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COLDERA Members To Guest On Tonight's 'Progsnob Radio'

COLDERA guitarist Bill Hudson (ex-CELLADOR) and drummer Adam Sagan (ex-INTO ETERNITY) will guest on KWTF The Edge's "Progsnob Radio" tonight (Saturday, April 26) at 11:00 p.m. CST. You can listen to the program live via the Internet at this location. COLDERA recently announced the addition of bass p...

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EXHORDER Albums To Be Reissued

Poland's Metal Mind Productions will re-release the two albums (1990's "Slaughter in the Vatican" and 1992's "The Law") from long-defunct New Orleans metallers EXHORDER cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by PANTERA on May 19 in Europe (July 8 in the...

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NECROPHAGIST, DYING FETUS, INTO ETERNITY To Join Forces For 'Summer Slaughter Canada'

On August 15, NECROPHAGIST, DYING FETUS, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, INTO ETERNITY, NEURAXIS, WHITECHAPEL, VEIL OF MAYA, DIVINITY and COMMON GRAVE will join forces in Quebec to start Summer Slaughter Canada which is expected to go throughout the country from East to West ending in Vancouver tentatively on...

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NECROPHAGIST Announces New Drummer

German technical death metallers NECROPHAGIST have issued the following update: "Romain Goulon (DISAVOWED, AGRESSOR, IMPERIAL SODOMY) joins NECROPHAGIST as the official new drummer. The band and Romain look forward to working together on the new album. Meanwhile, check out a video of Romain playing...

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Reactivated UNANIMATED Signs With REGAIN RECORDS

Regain Records has announced the signing of UNANIMATED, the reunited Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former members of ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER. The group is currently remastering its first two albums 1993's "In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead" (Pavement Records) and 1995's "Ancient God of...

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KATAKLYSM: Canadian Record-Launch Shows Announced

Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have confirmed the following record-launch shows in their home country for their new album, "Prevail": June 06 - The Opera House - Toronto, ONT (with MARTYR) June 07 - Le Medley - Montreal, QUE (with MARTYR, AUGURY) June 08 - L'imperial - Quebec City, QUE (with M...

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RESURRECTION: 'Mistaken For Dead' Pushed Back To June

Tampa death metallers and former Nuclear Blast recording artists RESURRECTION, who had moderate success with their debut album "Embalmed Existence" (1993),have had the European release date of their new album, "Mistaken for Dead", pushed back to June 13 from the previously announced May 30 (via Mas...

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Former DRAGONFORCE Bass Player Joins COLDERA

UK bassist Adrian Lambert (BIOMECHANICAL, SON OF SCIENCE, ex-DRAGONFORCE) has joined new U.S.-based melodic speed metal band COLDERA. Commented Adrian: "I heard that Bill [Hudson, ex-CELLADOR] was putting a new melodic speed metal outfit together. We were chatting one day and he said that he couldn'...

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ESTUARY And GOREAPHOBIA Eastern Canadian Scourge

ESTUARY will team up with GOREAPHOBIA and Unmatched Brutality recording artists LAPIDATE for seven shows throughout Eastern Canada between May 8 to May 15. ESTUARY guitarist Ash Thomas comments: "Needless to say, we are really looking forward to this experience. This will be our first time performin...

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Sculptor And SKITLIV Bass Player SPACEBRAIN Reveals His 'Space Bass'

Sculptor Spacebrain (Rene Hamel),who extends his artistic career to playing bass for SKITLIV, the black/doom/noise project of former MAYHEM vocalist Maniac, has used his sculpting skills to design and build his own extraordinary bass guitar. Making its debut at Norway's Inferno festival recently, t...

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SLAUGHTER Reissues Due Via METAL MIND

Poland's Metal Mind Productions will re-release the two albums from the legendary Canadian band SLAUGHTER "Strappado", the debut album from 1986 featuring an extremely brutal combination of death and trash metal, spiced with some punk and hardcore influences; and "Not Dead Yet/Paranormal", the compi...

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IN FLAMES Guitarist Talks U.S. Label Switch, GIGANTOUR And AT THE GATES Reunion

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with IN FLAMES guitarist Bjrn Gelotte. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: About Heavy Metal: What can fans expect with "A Sense Of Purpose"? Bjrn Gelotte: "It's awesome. It's energetic, melodic, pretty much in the same vein. But...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO To Perform With ULI JON ROTH At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Legendary hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has released the following update via his official newsletter: "Just wrapping up a successful European tour sponsoring and presenting Brazilian newbies TEMPESTT, Jeff is now headed back to Florida to continue work with...

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COLDERA Completes Lineup

COLDERA, the new melodic metal band featuring former CELLADOR guitarist Bill Hudson, former INTO ETERNITY drummer Adam Sagan, former OUTWORLD singer Carlos Zema and up-and-coming shredder John Slaughter, has issued the following update: "After considering and talking to a lot of people from all arou...