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SLAYER Drummer On 'World Painted Blood': 'It's A Very Well-Constructed And Put-Together Album'

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: Since "Psychopathy Red" is the only thing anyone has heard from the [upcoming SLAYER] album ["World Painted Blood"] so far, the $64,000 question is...

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ENTOMBED Will NOT Perform At U.K.'s DAMNATION Festival

Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED will NOT perform at U.K.'s Damnation Festival — set to take place Saturday, October 24 at Leeds University Union — despite the fact that the band's participation in the event was announced on the festival's web site. Kalle Metz of The Agency Group Scandinavia tells BL...

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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO Talks About 'World Painted Blood'

By Keith Bergman Just as it's impossible to fully calculate the influence of SLAYER on heavy metal, it's hard to imagine where metal drumming would be without their founding skinsman Dave Lombardo. His forceful fills, precision double-bass work and breakneck thrashing inspired and influenced a gener...

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Taiwan's CHTHONIC Invents 'Unique' Metal Genre, Unveils New Look

After CHTHONIC's new promotional photo was posted on a number of web sites recently, the Taiwanese band's new look became the subject of much speculation. The inspiration for the new style comes from Taoist magic figures of folklore and the types of facial masks they wore, like "Kuan-Jiang-Shoe," wh...

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HEAVEN'S FORCE Demos To Be Released

HEAVEN'S FORCE, the earliest known Christian thrash metal band, will have two of its demos released as a limited-edition digipack (500 copies) on July 21 via Open Grave Records under the title "Aggressive Angel". HEAVEN'S FORCE was based out of Fort Worth, Texas. They recorded two demos, the first b...

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ROTTING CHRIST Preparing To Enter Studio

Greek extreme metal veterans ROTTING CHRIST have issued the following update: "New songs composing process has almost been completed and the band is ready to enter the studio for the recording sessions of its upcoming album that will follow up the very successful latest album, 'Theogonia'. Sakis Tol...

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SYNASTRY: New Material Posted Online

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based death metallers SYNASTRY have posted two new songs — "Dividing The Double Helix" and "Dead To Me" — on their MySpace page. The tracks will appear on the quartet's sophomore album, "Our Memetic Imprints", which is due before the end of the year. The CD was recorded in M...

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ANATHEMA, MANATEES Confirmed For U.K.'s DAMNATION FESTIVAL

Atmospheric rock veterans ANATHEMA and sludge standard bearers MANATEES have been confirmed for U.K.'s Damnation Festival, set to take place Saturday, October 24 at Leeds University Union. Festival director Gavin McInally said: "Unsurprisingly, ANATHEMA are a much sought-after band and we're delight...

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ENTOMBED, AKERCOCKE Confirmed For U.K.'s DAMNATION FESTIVAL

Fan favorites ENTOMBED and AKERCOCKE will terrorize Damnation Festival on Saturday, October 24 at Leeds University Union after being voted the top two acts to return to U.K.'s finest metal event. The show will mark a U.K.-exclusive date for Swedish death 'n' roll titans ENTOMBED who headlined the Te...

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Exclusive: SLAYER's New Album Title Revealed!

BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal that California thrashers SLAYER have set "World Painted Blood" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late summer via American Recordings/Columbia Records. The forthcoming CD is being produced by Greg Fidelman and will include the album's title trac...

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CARNIFEX, THE RED CHORD, EVERGREEN TERRACE Confirmed For BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

CARNIFEX, THE RED CHORD and EVERGREEN TERRACE have been confirmed for this year's Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 6-8 in Pevnost, Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ADOR DORATH ANAAL NATHRAKH ATHEIST ATROX BENEATH THE MASSACRE BONDED BY BLOOD BR...

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ATROX, MITHRAS, WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH Confirmed For BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

ATROX, MITHRAS and WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH have been confirmed for this year's Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 6-8 in Pevnost, Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ADOR DORATH ANAAL NATHRAKH ATHEIST ATROX BENEATH THE MASSACRE BONDED BY BLOOD BRUJ...

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BRUCE DICKINSON, JON LORD, MICKY MOODY To Honor Members Of Military

According to the U.K.'s Henley Standard, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord, Bruce Dickinson of IRON MAIDEN, former WHITESNAKE guitarist Micky Moody, Joe Brown and his daughter Sam and Steve Balsamo, who starred in "Jesus Christ Superstar", will perform at a June 27 event to honor members of th...

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KREATOR, FIREWIND, BILOCATE Confirmed For Turkey's UNI-ROCK Festival

KREATOR, FIREWIND and BILOCATE have been confirmed for the second installment of the Uni-Rock open-air festival, set to take place July 17-19, 2009 at park Kucukciftlik in Istanbul, Turkey. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH (Sweden) ARCH ENEMY (Sweden/Germany) BILOCATE (Jord...

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OF THE ARCHAENGEL Album Delayed

The debut album from Brazilian dark metallers OF THE ARCHAENGEL, entitled "The Extraphysicallia", has been delayed due to the fact that it will mastered at The Cutting Room studio (AMON AMARTH, OPETH, GORGOROTH, PAIN, PARADISE LOST, CHROME DIVISION) in Sweden. Commented the band: "When we received t...