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The Final Frontier

Okay, so despite giving everyone shivers with the title, and invoking some goofy predestined band plan Steve Harris made up when he was a lad, this fifteenth effort is not intended to be the last IRON MAIDEN album. It's also not the mad leap into reinvention and experimentation some would have you b...

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Heaven's Venom

After a couple of decades of establishing itself as a Canadian death metal institution it is now a near certainty that you'll pretty much know exactly what's coming with each new KATAKLYSM release. Whereas 2006's "In the Arms of Devastation" showed the band at the top of its game with the tried and...

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Eparistera Daimones

Sickened, haughty, lurching, three weeks long and drenched in pretentious, glowering atmosphere, TRIPTYKON picks up right where CELTIC FROST's brilliant "Monotheist" left off. It's at once highbrow and lo-fi, art and brutality, and it places Tom Gabriel Fischer's "new" band immediately in the vangua...

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From Surface to Suffocation

I don't generally rag on bands for their production choices, but this record sounds like it was recorded behind a wall of wet cotton. The guitars are scooped out and gutless, the low end is weak, and all the vocals sound like they're being sung through a toilet paper tube. The production here is low...

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Crime and Punishment Pt. 1

It's not just the resume that is impressive; it's the music too. That was the case with Death Metal Commando Unit CRIMINAL ELEMENT's 2008 full-length "Guilty as Charged". But it is on the "Crime and Punishment Pt. 1" EP where the group not only raises its already-considerable game, but throws down t...

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DEATH ANGEL: 'Relentless Retribution' Public Listening Party Announced

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL will hold a public listening party for their new album, "Relentless Retribution", on Thursday, September 2 at Bender's Bar and Grill in San Francisco, California. This 21+ event has no cover charge and will start at 9 p.m. The members of the band wil...

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VANISHING POINT's Vanishing Members

Australian progressive metallers VANISHING POINT have issued the following update: "This is kind of a hard letter to type because we like to focus on the positives and not get into negative thinking so we aren't going to leave you guys guessing anymore with what's happening with VANISHING POINT . "S...

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IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION And AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH Involved In Crash, Forced To Cancel Tour

British death metal act IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION has been forced to cancel its headlining European tour with Detroit deathcore destroyers AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH after the bands' tour van crashed. After a strong start to the tour, a few of the shows in mainland Europe fell through with promoters, so...

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DEATH ANGEL Guitarist Discusses 'Relentless Retribution' Album In New Video Interview

Buick McKane (a.k.a. Emily) of MetalUnderground.com conducted an interview with guitarist Ted Aguilar of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL prior to the band's August 8, 2010 concert in New Orleans, Louisiana. Watch the chat below. DEATH ANGEL will release its new album, "Relentless Retrib...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Frontman Interviewed In Mexico

Search & Destroy conducted an interview with vocalist Mikael Stanne of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY before the band's June 3, 2010 performance in Mexico City. You can now watch the chat below. DARK TRANQUILLITY recently completed a North American headlining tour with support...

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Connecticut Rock Musicians Pay Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO (Video)

MEGAHERTZ, THREAT, CATEGORY 5, KARMIC JUSTICE, MIKE CORWELL, GARGAMEL, VENGEANCE and SOLAR ANGELS are among the Connecticut-based artists who took part in a tribute concert to the legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) on July 23 at Toad's Plac...

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MUSICA DIABLO's Debut To Receive Vinyl Release

MUSICA DIABLO — the São Paulo, Brazil-based thrash metal project featuring SEPULTURA singer Derrick Green, guitarist André NM (NITROMINDS),bassist Ricardo Brigas, guitarist André Germani Curci (KORZUS, THREAT) and drummer Edu Nicollini (NITROMINDS) — has inked a deal with the French label Deadlight...

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DEATH ANGEL Guitarist Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT

On August 3, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Ted Aguilar of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. DEATH ANGEL will release its new album, "Relentless Retribution", on September 3 in Europe and...

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DEATH ANGEL: Drum-Cam Footage Of New Song

Sick Drummer Magazine has uploaded drum-cam footage of Will Carroll of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL performing the band's new song "River Of Rapture" on July 30, 2010 at Slim's in San Francisco, California. Watch the clip below. DEATH ANGEL will release its new album, "Relentles...

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THEM CROOKED VULTURES: Pro-Shot Footage From Japan's FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL

Professionally filmed video footage of THEM CROOKED VULTURES performing the song "Gunman" on July 30, 2010 at the Fuji Rock Festival at the Naeba Ski Resort in Japan can be viewed below. THEM CROOKED VULTURES is the rock supergroup consisting of John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN),Dave Grohl (FOO FIGHTE...