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MANTIC RITUAL Drummer Checks In From ROTTING CHRIST Tour

Pennsylvanian thrash metal band MANTIC RITUAL (formerly MELTDOWN) is currently on the road in North America as the support act for Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST. MANTIC RITUAL drummer Adam Haritan has issued the following update from the road: "Opening a few shows for a legendary band like...

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ROB HALFORD On Singing Live: 'The Physical Challenges Of Getting Old Have Come Into Play'

Blogcritics magazine conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Rob Halford on December 5, 2008. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blogcritics: It's been quite a year for you, with the release of the new JUDAS PRIEST album ("Nostradamus"),the ensuing tour, even the FIGHT "War...

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ROSE FUNERAL Prepares To Release 'The Resting Sonata'

Cincinnati, Ohio-based death metallers ROSE FUNERAL will release their full-length debut, "The Resting Sonata", on January 20 via Metal Blade Records. The cover art can be viewed below. "The Resting Sonata" track listing: 01. Exordium The Fall Of Christ (Intro) 02. Sodomizer 03. God Demise 04. Remai...

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Former ATTACKER Singer Completes Recording 'Days Gone By' CD

The recording sessions for "Days Gone By", former ATTACKER vocalist Bob Mitchell's collection of remakes of classic-rock tracks from such artists as THE WHO, DEEP PURPLE and KROKUS, wrapped up on Saturday, December 27 at Digi-Force Studio in Bayonne, New Jersey. A photo shoot also took place, before...

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UNLEASHED Frontman Talks Christianity

Matt Smith of GASPetc.com recently conducted an interview with frontman Johnny Hedlund of Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED. An excerpt from the chat follows below. GASPetc.com: I have to say I absolutely love "Hammer Battalion", to me it's one of the best albums you guys have put out in awhile. It...

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New URN Album To Feature Guest Appearance By ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB's REV. THOMAS THORN

Rev. Thomas Thorn of ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB will make a guest appearance on the new album from the Chicago-based gothic metal band URN entitled "Scribings of a Forgotten Soul". URN frontman Dominic St. Charles played guitar and did backing vocals with the ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB back in late 1999 to...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman Issues Year-End Update

Vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of the of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has issued the following update: "Another year nearly over and the vultures are circling. "The rain is still teeming down from the grey skies outside. The weather seems to match perfectly the recession we have plung...

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MAROON Covers SAMAEL's 'Baphomet's Throne'; Audio Available

German modern metal machine MAROON recently recorded a cover version of SAMAEL's "Baphomet's Throne" for the Century Media Records 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which was released in North America on October 14. The track is now available for streaming at this location. The all-co...

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SLAYER: Video Interview With TOM ARAYA Posted Online

Cristiane Richardson, a Brazilian who presents the weekly heavy metal radio show "Sonic Attack" from London, conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya on October 31, 2008 when the band visited the U.K. as part of the "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" tour with MASTODON, TRIVIUM and...

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SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY: Album Track Listing Revealed

Tampa, Florida-based grindcore act SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY has finished recording its Nuclear Blast debut, "The Grand Partition and the Abrogation of Idolatry", with legendary guitarist-turned-producer James Murphy (DEATH, TESTAMENT, OBITUARY) at the helm. A March 2009 release v...

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LUNA MORTIS Guitarist Touring With EPICUREAN

Guitarist Brian Koenig of the Madison, Wisconsin-based, female-fronted five-piece LUNA MORTIS (formerly known as THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE) will hit the road with the Minneapolis-based symphonic metal band EPICUREAN for a month on the upcoming ROTTING CHRIST tour in January. Brian says: "I want to emphasiz...

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Fulfill the Curse

Doom acts have by and large not been a staple of the Razorback Records roster; that distinction has gone mainly to old school, gory death, thrash, and to some extent grind. However, two of the three new releases have fit the doom mold: the macabre psychedelic doom swirl of ACID WITCH's "Witchtanic H...

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Fogcutter

Reading the Canadian press statements on Windsor's FIFTYWATTHEAD you would think that they are in fact the second coming of Jesus Christ. Calm down, "Fogcutter" has got a lot of juicy guitar riff wreckage going on, but let's not get carried away here. Much of what is heard on the album is listenable...

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KRISIUN Guitarist On 'The Governor's Ball'; Audio Available

Guitarist Moyses Kolesne of Brazilian death metal veterans KRISIUN was interviewed for this week's edition of the "The Governor's Ball". You can download the program at this location. HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with KRISIUN during the band's recent Canadian tour with Belgium's LENG TCH'E an...

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Former ATTACKER Singer, SYMPHONY X Bassist Release DEEP PURPLE Cover

Hard rock/heavy metal vocalist Bob Mitchell (ex-ATTACKER) has announced plans to release an album of remakes of classic-rock tracks from such artists as THE WHO, DEEP PURPLE and KROKUS, just to name a few. Joining Mitchell in the project is Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X) along with guitarist Frank Oquendo...