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SACRIFICE Completes Work On New Album

Reunited Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE have completed work on their much-anticipated new album, "The Ones I Condemn", for a mid-June release via Brazil's Marquee Records. The CD was recorded at Rouge Valley Studio in Toronto, Ontario with engineer Darius Szczepaniak, who has previously worked with I...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW Parts Ways With Guitarist, Seeks Replacement

Finnish melodic death metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW has issued the following update: "Unfortunately, we have to announce that our solo guitarist Risto Ruuth has left ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW. The situation came to us as a total surprise. We have no information on the reasons or the background be...

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METALLICA Performs 'My Apocalypse' For First Time; Pro-Shot Footage Available

METALLICA played the "Death Magnetic" track "My Apocalypse" for the first time last night (Wednesday, March 25) at the LG NEC Arena in Birmingham, England. Professionally filmed video footage of the performance (courtesy of Metallica.com) can be viewed below. As previously reported, METALLICA also i...

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METALLICA Performs 'My Apocalypse', 'Hole In The Sky' In Birmingham

METALLICA performed the "Death Magnetic" track "My Apocalypse" for the first time last night (Wednesday, March 25) at the LG NEC Arena in Birmingham, England. The band also included a cover of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Hole In The Sky" in its set, and dedicated the track to the "godfather of riffs"...

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THE BERZERKER Cancels New Zealand Tour

Vocalist Luke Kenny of Australia's THE BERZERKER has issued the following update: "At 4:00 a.m. (EST) this morning, our guitarist Tim Aldridge was rushed to hospital. After throwing up more than a pint of blood, with blood pooling in his stomach, he was operated on at 8:00 a.m. (EST),we are now wai...

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TAAKE, NECROS CHRISTOS Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

TAAKE and NECROS CHRISTOS have been confirmed for the Hole in the Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest X),set to take place August 26-29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TAAKE NECROS CHRISTOS VOIVOD AURA NOIR PORTRAIT For more information, visit www.holeinth...

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SAMAEL's 'Above' Lands On German Chart

"Above", the new album from Swiss extreme metallers SAMAEL, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 99. Audio samples of all 10 tracks that appear on "Above", are available on Amazon.co.uk. "Above" track listing: 01. Under One Flag 02. Virtual War 03. Polygames 04. Earth Country 0...

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BLEEDING THROUGH: First Part Of New Video Interview Posted Online

After BLEEDING THROUGH finished tearing a proverbial hole in the ceiling of New York's Blender Theater on March 7, 2009 with their colossal, ripping set of black/thrash/metalcore fury, MTV's HeadbangersBlog.com caught up with the sweaty Californians to talk about the challenges of touring in a crumb...

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ASYLUM: New Song Posted Online

ASYLUM, the Illinois-based project featuring Markus Johansson (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Johnny Rox (bass guitar),has uploaded a new track called "Eternal" to its MySpace page. The track was mixed by Orlando Villasenor at Everlong Recording Company in San Antonio, Texas and is the first song wi...

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Music Industry Analyst Calls GENE SIMMONS An 'A**hole' And A 'Weasel'

Bob Lefsetz, who is described one of the music industry's most influential online analysts, and KISS bassist Gene Simmons took part in a hastily convened debate earlier today (Friday, March 13) in the main ballroom at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto during Canadian Music Week. A three-minut...

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Late ZIMMERS HOLE Guitarist Remembered

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada's newspaper Times Colonist has published a write-up on Chris Stanley (pictured below),a former member of ZIMMERS HOLE who passed away last month after years of increasingly critical health with cystic fibrosis. Read it at this location. According to ZIMMERS HOLE —...

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Former GORGOROTH Members GAAHL And KING OV HELL To Announce New Band Name

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has received the folowing statement from bassist King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and vocalist Gaahl (real name: Kristian Espedal) regarding the latest developments in their legal dispute with guitarist Infernus over the rights to the GORGOROTH band name: "Regarding the rec...

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ASPHYX: Tour Dates Announced

Reformed Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX — Martin van Drunen (vocals),Wannes Gubbels (bass/vocals),Paul Baayens (guitar) and Bob Bagchus (drums) — has scheduled the following dates: Apr. 04 - Zürich (CH) - The Dynamo Club Apr. 18 - Paderborn (DE) - Metal Inferno Festival @ Kulturwerkstatt Apr. 25...

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INFERNUS Claims Victory In GORGOROTH Name Dispute

The verdict has been reached in the dispute over the rights to the GORGOROTH band name involving vocalist Gaahl, bassist King ov Hell and the group's estranged guitarist Infernus. Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) filed a lawsuit against King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) in September 2008 cl...

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ASPHYX Completes Recording New Album

Reformed Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX — Martin van Drunen (vocals),Wannes Gubbels (bass/vocals),Paul Baayens (guitar) and Bob Bagchus (drums) — has finished recording its comeback album, "Death...The Brutal Way", due in May/June via Century Media Records. War Anthem Records will release the LP...