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Legendary ATHEIST Signs With SEASON OF MIST

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST and Atlanta, Georgia's GNOSTIC — the band featuring three members of ATHEIST — have both signed with France's Season Of Mist. Commented ATHEIST/GNOSTIC drummer Steve Flynn: "We're absolutely thrilled that both GNOSTIC and ATHEIST are officially si...

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HARDLINE: New Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records has set an April 17 European release of the long-awaited new album from HARDLINE, entitled "Leaving the End Open". HARDLINE was formed when brothers Johnny (vocals) and Joey Gioeli (guitar),originally from the band BRUNETTE, teamed up with guitarist Neal Schon (JOURNEY). Signed by...

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SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE Completes Work On New Album

Italian metallers SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE have completed work on their third album, tentatively titled "Mothra", at Planet Red Studios in Richmond, Virginia with producer Andreas Magnusson (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE AGONY SCENE, SCARLET, DUFRESNE, BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE, SPITFIRE, TWELVE TRIBES). S...

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VINCE NEIL Schedules Meet-And-Greet In Daytona Beach Tomorrow

MÖTLEY CRÜE lead singer Vince Neil will be the master of ceremonies and will take part in a meet-and-greet tomorrow (Sunday, March 1) at Wise Guys Watering Hole at 415 Main Street in Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a WHOG radio event. (Note: Contrary to published reports, Neil will **not** perform...

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CORMORANT: New Song Posted Online

San Francisco Bay Area progressive extreme metallers CORMORANT have unveiled a new song off their upcoming full-length, "Metazoa", which was recorded with and produced by Billy Anderson (NEUROSIS, MELVINS, SLEEP, PRIMORDIAL). The song, entitled "Salt of the Earth", debuted on the band's MySpace page...

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Cult of the Dead

Known for years as OCCULT, Holland's LEGION OF THE DAMNED decided on a name change a while back and have now released their fourth album, "Cult of the Dead". Talk about sticking to your guns! The band continues to create blackened thrash metal that stays with a fundamental songwriting method that re...

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BURY YOUR DEAD Frontman To Guest On New SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE Album

BURY YOUR DEAD frontman Myke Terry has recorded a guest appearance on the track "Dim Shape In A Black Hole Life", to be included on the forthcoming third album from Italian metallers SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE, tentatively titled "Mothra". SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE says in a statement, "We're proud to have M...

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MASTODON Taps METALLICA Director For 'Divinations' Video

Atlanta-based hard rock behemoths MASTODON recently shot a video for the song "Divinations" with director Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober; METALLICA's "All Nightmare Long"). The track comes off the band's highly anticipated, long-awaited new studio album, "Crack The Skye", which is scheduled for re...

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NOXIOUS Signs With TWO SIDE MOON/SLW PROMOTIONS

NOXIOUS, the South Carolina-based post-grunge outfit featuring former NILE/SHAITAN MAZAR bassist/vocalist Chief Spires, ex-SHAITAN MAZAR guitarist Robert Dirr and ex-SHAITAN MAZAR drummer Jake Axelson, has issued the following update: "NOXIOUS would like to announce that we've just signed a deal wit...

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MASTODON's SANDERS, DAILOR Talk 'Crack The Skye'; Video Available

Kerrang! magazine has uploaded a new interview with MASTODON's Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor about the band's forthcoming album, "Crack The Skye". Watch the 10-minute chat below. MASTODON will release "Crack The Skye" on March 24. However, hardcore fans have the opportunity to pre-order a very speci...

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Former ZIMMERS HOLE Guitarist Dies

Chris Stanley, a former member of ZIMMERS HOLE — the Vancouver-based project featuring guitarist Jed Simon and bassist Byron Stroud of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD alongside legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT, DEATH, DARK ANGEL) — has passed away. According to the band, "[Chris] pl...

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SAMAEL: New Song Posted Online; Slovenia Concert Footage Available

Swiss extreme metallers SAMAEL have posted a new song, "Black Hole", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the band's new album, "Above", which is scheduled for release in Europe on March 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. Audio samples of all 10 tracks that appear on "Above", are available on

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MASTODON: Limited-Edition 'Crack The Skye' Deluxe Package Available

Heavy rock iconoclasts MASTODON will release their new album, "Crack The Skye", on March 24, 2009. However, hardcore fans will have the opportunity to pre-order a very special deluxe limited "tunnel book" edition of "Crack The Skye" online only via the band's web site this Thursday, February 12. Thi...

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GORGOROTH Apologizes For FROSTBITE Cancellation

The Gaahl-fronted version of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH was set to headline Frostbite Festival in Lahti, Finland this past Saturday (February 7) with a full-blown production. However, due to weather conditions in Oslo, the band's guitarists were stuck at the airport and GORGOROTH was f...

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ASPHYX: New Album Details Revealed

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