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ANTHRAX Guitarist Remembers METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following update on his official blog: "September 27th marked the 25th anniversary of [METALLICA bassist] Cliff Burton's death. "I knew Cliff for three years and in those three years became good friends with him and Kirk [Hammett, METALLICA guitarist], bond...September 29, 2011
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SHADOWS FALL Drummer To Play On HALF PAST MY SIN album
SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner will play on the forthcoming sophomore album from the Massachusetts-based band HALF PAST MY SIN. According to a press release, the CD, entitled "4:44", "will redefine [HALF PAST MY SIN's] sound and direction in modern hard rock music. With strong melodic presences...September 26, 2011
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THE DREAMING Signs With EPOCHAL ARTISTS RECORDS
Los Angeles-based band THE DREAMING, which features former members of STABBING WESTWARD, MURDERDOLLS and LIVING DEAD LIGHTS, has inked a deal with Epochal Artists Records. The group's new album, "Puppet", will be released on November 1. A single, "Every Trace", is impacting radio now and already lig...September 26, 2011
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The Devil's Fractal
Andrew Markuszewski (NACHTMYSTIUM, LORD MANTIS) was really onto something big with 2007 AVICHI release "The Divine Tragedy". Atmospheric, yet muscular, and progressively mind, the black metal he created captivated on levels both musical and lyrical without abandoning the fundamentals that make the s...September 6, 2011
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BLACK VEIL BRIDES Frontman: I Believe I Can Fly
Vocalist Andy Biersack of Los Angeles theatrical rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES spoke to AltPress.com about the incident last Saturday (June 18) when he shattered three ribs while attempting to jump from one pillar to another during the band's album release-show at the Hollywood & Highland Center Hot...June 22, 2011
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SOILWORK Frontman Joins THREAT SIGNAL On Stage In Hamilton (Video)
SOILWORK frontman Bjrn "Speed" Strid joined Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL on stage this past Saturday, May 7 at The Underground in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to perform the SOILWORK song "Stabbing The Drama". Fan-filmed video footage of Strid's appearance can be viewed below. THREAT SIGNAL is curr...May 10, 2011
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BACKYARD BURIAL Singer Murdered
Stuff.co.nz reports that the lead singer of one of New Zealand's longest-running death metal bands, BACKYARD BURIAL, was murdered earlier this week. Matthew John Hall, 35, who went by the stage name "Blaps Warmonger", was found dead with multiple stab wounds by his roommate at his Wellington apartme...February 16, 2011
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In War and Pieces
It is pretty rare that a new SODOM album doesn't get at least some consideration by critics for year-end top albums lists, at least by the thrash-oriented writers. It is only January, but "In War and Pieces" should be no different. The formula is tweaked from time to time and the Teutonic trio occas...January 11, 2011
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Author Discusses 'Metallica: Enter Night - The Biography' In New Interview
Brendan Crabb of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with renowned British rock journalist Mick Wall about Mick's newly released book, "Metallica: Enter Night - The Biography". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: I've been reading the new METALLICA biography...December 14, 2010
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In Dreams
It is no secret that a number of bands on the Sumerian roster have been largely responsible for the ascendance of the label's status from "just under the radar" to "gold standard for new school tech-metal" (or thereabouts); THE FACELESS, BORN OF OSIRIS, and VEIL OF MAYA, to name three of the biggies...December 6, 2010
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Teenage Death/Black Metal Fan On Trial For Killing Radio Journalist
According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the teenage death/black metal fan who is on trial for the fatal stabbing of the radio journalist George Weber is continuing to claim that he killed the Carroll Gardens radio host in self-defense during an S&M sex act. John Katehis (see video below),then 16...October 19, 2010
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The Panic Broadcast
SOILWORK has been used as a reference for so many years now when critics describe the oodles of often generic metalcore and melodic death metal bands that base their songs on aggressive verses and cleanly sung choruses that one almost forgets that the Swedes are the stalwarts of the style, not the a...July 27, 2010
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SOILWORK To Release 'Best-Of' Collection In Japan
Swedish metallers SOILWORK will release a "best-of" collection entitled "The Sledgehammer Files" on June 30 in Japan via Marquee/Avalon Records. Commented the band: "We're proud and stoked to unleash the first-ever official collection of classic SOILWORK tunes! "The only way we could imagine our 'be...June 9, 2010
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TRISTANIA Completes Recording New Album
Bassist Ole Vistnes of Norwegian metallers TRISTANIA has issued the following update: "As you maybe know (Twitter, anyone?),we have been busy in the studio, and we are now hours away from being finished with the recording of the new album. "We started out six weeks ago in Oslo. Me and Anders [Høyvi...March 3, 2010
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DIRTY LOOKS Bassist Killed In Bar Fight
According to DIRTY LOOKS' official European web site, the band's bassist, Gregory Pianka, was killed in a bar stabbing on February 5. Pianka joined DIRTY LOOKS in 2009 and was working on the group's upcoming CD, "I.C.U." Millcreek police charged Joseph Lumsden Jr., 64, with criminal homicide and a n...February 8, 2010
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