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Krek

Ya keep waiting for KHOLD to get old, and for their less-is-more approach to finally reach its logical conclusion and disappear into a cloud of sardonic nothingness (very kvlt nothingness, naturally). But we're on album number four, they're still slowing down, they seem to give even less of a shit a...

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'Lords Of Chaos' Norwegian Black Metal Movie To Go Into Pre-Production

San Diego film company ZU33 is currently developing "Lords of Chaos", a fiction film based on true events in the Norwegian black metal music scene in the early 1990s. The project goes into pre-production in November, with physical production scheduled to begin in Februrary 2006. The screenplay was w...

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ROBERT FLYNN Says Collaboration With KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Frontman Is 'Ebony And Ivory' Of Metal

Austin Powell of The Daily Texan recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn about Robert's contributions to the ROADRUNNER UNITED "The All-Star Sessions" CD, a collection of original tracks that are collaborations between numerous Roadrunner Records stars. The short ques...

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PRONG To Headline Minnesota's THE REAPER'S BALL Festival

PRONG will be headlining The Reaper's Ball, an independently produced metal festival making its first-year debut on Saturday, October 29, at the Station 4 nightclub in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Created by Nathan Block of SwordLord Productions and Brian Huebner of Left Alone Creations, The Reaper...

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Ogre Tones

Call it the ENUFF Z'NUFF syndrome. A few unfortunate haircuts at the beginning of a band's existence, a well-meant but mismatched tour or two, and a band spends its life consigned to a genre where it fits and functions about as well as COURTNEY LOVE's chastity belt. Many metalheads think they're wea...

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As the Weird Travel On

The very definition of the word "cult," DECEASED have been slogging it out for close to two decades now, their brand of rough 'n ready metal finding an audience that's as devoted as it is tiny (even by underground standards – longtime label home Relapse bailed on the band after, admittedly, nearly 1...

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Destroyers from the Western Skies

Right or wrong, there was a time when those with using "black metal" and "elite" in the same sentence were referring to bands of a Scandinavian heritage, while those same folks snickered at the idea of a legitimate U.S. black metal world presence. Regardless of the questionable validity of the origi...

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GRIM REAPER's 'Fear No Evil' Revisited In WEEZER Clip: Video Available

WEEZER's video for the track "We Are All on Drugs", which is essentially a cleverly re-edited version of the "Fear No Evil" video by GRIM REAPER, the semi-popular '80s British heavy metal band fronted by powerhouse vocalist Steve Grimmett (later of ONSLAUGHT and LIONSHEART),has been posted online a...

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QUEENSRŸCHE, TWISTED SISTER Live Footage To Air On VH1 CLASSIC

Performance footage of QUEENSRŸCHE, TWISTED SISTER and JOURNEY will air on VH1 Classic as part of the "All Roads Lead to the Chip" special, which premieres Saturday, September 3, Sunday, September 4 and Monday, September 5 at 7:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. "All Roads Lead to the Chip"...

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SIX FEET UNDER: 'A Decade In The Grave' Box Set Details Revealed

Metal Blade Records has set a November 28 release date for the new SIX FEET UNDER box set, entitled "A Decade in the Grave". The package containing four CDs and one DVD will be released in a DVD-sized hardbox, including a 32-page DVD-sized booklet, photocards, a sticker, and a poster. "A Decade in t...

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Former GRIM REAPER Guitarist To Perform Acoustic Set Of PANTERA Songs At DIMEBAG Benefit

Former GRIM REAPER guitarist Nick Bowcott will perform a special acoustic set of PANTERA songs prior to the "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) benefit show being held on Tuesday, August 30 at the Improv (4980 Beltline Road #250) comedy showcase and restaurant in Dallas, Texas. A celebrat...

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GALAR: New Demo Available For Download

Norwegian "viking" metal band GALAR have completed work on their new three-song demo containing the tracks "Slagmarkens Fallende Sjeler", "Ragnarok" and "Dødsmyr". You can download the entire demo at this location. GALAR consists of Slagmark (grim and clean vocals, guitars, bass and programming) and...

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DECEIVER Part Ways With Singer

DECEIVER, the Swedish metal band featuring former members of MAZE OF TORMENT and XENOFANES, have parted ways with vocalist Destormo "due to other commitments." "Instead of finding a new member, Pete Flesh (guitar) will take over that duty," the band write in a press release. The group, who released...

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ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET: Debut Album Details Revealed

ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the new Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, have set "21st Century Killing Machine" as the title of their upcoming debut album, due in early 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band are scheduled to enter Bohus studio on September 1...

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HATESPHERE Finalize 'The Sickness Within' Track Listing

Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have finalized the track listing for their new album, "The Sickness Within", due in the U.S. on September 27 via SPV Records (one day earlier internationally). HATESPHERE's follow-up to 2004's "Ballet of the Brute" was recorded in part at Jailhouse Studios with producer T...