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TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE Signs With PHILIP ANSELMO's Label, Contemplates Name Change

RIGOR MORTIS vocalist Bruce Corbitt has issued the following update on his TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE project, also featuring GAMMACIDE guitarists Rick Perry and Scott Shelby, GAMMACIDE/DEVILFIST bassist Alan Bovee and DEMONSEED drummer Joe Gonzalez: "I just wanted to mention some things going on with the...
October 13, 2008
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THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER: Toronto 'Metal Manifesto' Release Party Announced

Canadian cult metal band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. PILEDRIVER) will hold a release party for its new album "Metal Manifesto", on November 1 at at Disgraceland (965 Bloor St. West of Ossington) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Party starts at 9:00 p.m. No cover! "Metal Manifesto" will be released on...
October 13, 2008
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HOLY MOSES Confirmed For DORO's Anniversary Concert

Long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES will perform at a special concert on December 13 at the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany celebrating Doro Pesch's 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal. The concert will feature appearances by: DORO ARCH ENEMY LEAVES' EYES HOLY MOSES WARLO...
October 12, 2008
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LAST WARNING, MORTAL FORM Sign With MY KINGDOM MUSIC

My Kingdom Music has announced the signings of Italian progressive metallers LAST WARNING and Dutch death/thrashers MORTAL FORM. The groups' new albums will both be released worldwide on January 26, 2009. A press release describing the two releases reads as follows: LAST WARNING: "With 'Throughout T...
October 12, 2008
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VIKING SKULL: Two New Songs Posted Online

Corby, UK-based old-school metallers VIKING SKULL have posted two songs from their forthcoming album, "Doom, Gloom, Heartache & Whiskey". Check out the CD's title track and "Hair of the Dog" at this location. "Doom, Gloom, Heartache & Whiskey" was produced by Chad I Ginsburg (CKY) and is due...
October 11, 2008
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Former HADES Members Launch SCREAMING METAL Cover Band

Former HADES members Alan Tecchio, Dan Lorenzo, and Ron Lipnicki (who is now the drummer in OVERKILL) have teamed up with Fuse TV's "Talking Metal" duo, John Ostronomy and Mark Strigl, to form SCREAMING METAL — a one-night-only cover band. SCREAMING METAL has been jamming songs by JUDAS PRIEST, KISS...
October 9, 2008
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THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER: Rehearsal Version Of 'God You're Stupid II' Posted Online

Northern Storm Records has posted, for a limited time, a rare "rehearsal version" of the song "God You're Stupid II" from "Metal Manifesto", the first album in 22 years from Canadian heavy metal cult band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. PILEDRIVER). Check it out at this location. Leatherbound lead vo...
October 6, 2008
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Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal

There has been such a massive amount written about "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — and the critical reaction has pretty much been raving across the board – that it almost seems anti-climatic to talk about the recent DVD release. On the other hand, the scores of folks who didn't have the...
October 6, 2008
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Wardrive

These past few years it sure seems like everything Chris Black touches turns to gold, whether it is his playing in bands SUPERCHRIST, PHARAOH, or DAWNBRINGER, his guest appearances and production duties with NACHTMYSTIUM, and now his production and label chief role with Lansing, MI's WASTELANDER. Bl...
October 6, 2008
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Intimacy

Tampa's LIGHT YOURSELF ON FIRE has followed up 14 minutes of CONVERGE-ish/UNSANE-ish metalcore on its self-titled debut EP (on Kiss of Death) with 17 minutes of it on sophomore effort "Intimacy". Either they run out of ideas quickly or decide that a quick shot of heavy is better than 35 minutes of o...
October 6, 2008
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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers Featured On 'Shockwaves Skull Sessions' Podcast

For the twelfth installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast, host Bob Nalbandian is joined by Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of t...
October 4, 2008
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'Guitar Hero World Tour' Trailer Featuring ZAKK WYLDE Available

Activision Publishing, Inc. will release Guitar Hero World Tour, the definitive rock 'n' roll music videogaming experience, on October 26, 2008. Spanning over 40 years of rock history and featuring 86 tracks, comprised entirely of master recordings, the game will deliver Guitar Hero fans the largest...
October 2, 2008
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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers To Guest On WXRX 104.9 FM's 'Stone & Double T'

Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will guest on the "Stone & Double T" show (host...
October 1, 2008
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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available

Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — were the featured guests on this past Saturday's (S...
September 29, 2008
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WARBRINGER: 'At The Crack of Doom' Video Posted Online

"At The Crack of Doom", the new video from Californian thrashers WARBRINGER, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by up-and-coming director Joe Hendrick and is described in a press release as "a savage, performance-based video that unleashes a fury of aggression and all-out thrash madness." Comm...
September 28, 2008