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MORGANA LEFAY Pulls Out Of Romania's LAST WISH Festival

Swedish power metallers MORGANA LEFAY have cancelled their participation in the Last Wish event, set to take place July 12 at Arenele Romane in Bucharest, Romania (with SEPULTURA as the headliner). MORGANA LEFAY's video for the song "Delusions" is available for viewing at YouTube. The track comes of...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Frontman Discusses Vocal Technique

Norway's Eternal Terror recently conducted an interview with MALEVOLENT CREATION frontman Bret Hoffmann. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Eternal Terror: When did you start doing extreme vocals (What year and at what age)? Bret: I was 18 and it was around 1985 Eterna...

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A PERFECT MURDER Calls It Quits

Montreal, Quebec-based extreme metallers A PERFECT MURDER have released the following statement: "Well, I guess this is the right time. Or is there any right time for this? "A PERFECT MURDER is officially breaking up. There are a lot of things that could be discussed about but we don't wanna go that...

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MAYHEM: First Part Of New Documentary Posted Online

The first part (out of five) of the sequel to the acclaimed Norwegian/Swedish documentary "Cult of Aggression", focusing on the Norwegian black metal pioneers MAYHEM, has been posted on the band's official web site: Stream, Download (Windows Media, 25 MB). Entitled "Pure Fucking Mayhem", the new doc...

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SLIT: 'La Mano Nera' Video Posted Online

Malta's masters of technical sludge and aggression SLIT have posted their video for the track "La Mano Nera" at YouTube. The song comes off the group's "Ode to Silence" album, which is available through Anticulture Records. SLIT will team up with HIRAX, FATAL EMBRACE and GODDESS OF DESIRE for a Euro...

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Ex-SEPULTURA Drummer Featured In Video From Brazilian Hardcore Band QUESTIONS

Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor "Iggor" Cavalera makes an appearance on the new album and in the new video from the São Paulo, Brazil-based hardcore band QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS recently released its second CD on Liberation Records, entitled "Fight for What You Believe". Cavalera can be heard in the trac...

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INSECTICIDE: Release Date Announced For 1990 Album

California's mega-thrashers INSECTICIDE will have their previously unreleased 1990 album issued on July 23 via Blower Records. The CD will feature bonus tracks that weren't part of the original recording. INSECTICIDE recently completed a successful tour with LETHAL AGGRESSION and HYPO-CHRISTIANS. Lo...

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BEYOND FEAR Members Launch LAW OF DESTRUCTION

BEYOND FEAR members John Comprix (guitar) and Eric Elkins (drummer) have formed a new band called LAW OF DESTRUCTION. The group, which "steers more toward the brutal side of things," according to Comprix, has uploaded three songs to its MySpace page. A full-length album will be recorded later in the...

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Droid

The self-titled debut from DROID falls into that vague category one might refer to as modern American metal. By that I mean it's an album with a modern sound, yet one that is undeniably aggressive and riff based with not a hint of bandwagon jumping melodic crooning. It also happens to be the first r...

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Dead Center

SELF TORTURE's "Dead Center" is the sound of rage, no two ways about it. The style is unequivocally hardcore with a sharp metallic edge that turns otherwise standard hardcore fare (albeit, the "true" kind) into something a tad more engrossing. A very tight and full mix, courtesy of Erkan Tatoglu, th...

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LETHAL AGGRESSION: 'Life Is Hard…' LP Reissued With Bonus Tracks

Legendary New Jersey thrashers LETHAL AGGRESSION have reissued their classic LP "Life Is Hard..." on CD through Xtreem Music out of Spain. According to the band, the CD reissue is chock-full of songs, 43 to be exact, from the 23 on the original album plus three new songs from the current lineup, as...

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MAX And IGOR CAVALERA To Enter Studio In July

According to Brazil's Bizz magazine, the as-yet-unnamed new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members and brothers Max and Igor Cavalera will enter a Los Angeles studio in July to begin recording its debut album for a late 2007/early 2008 release via Roadrunner Records. Although it has not yet be...

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HOSTILITY Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

After recently coming off the Face of Aggression tour with SKINLAB, ANKLA and PAIN PRINCIPLE, San Francisco Bay Area metal band HOSTILITY has parted ways with drummer Andrew Holzbaur due to "musical differences." Comments the group: "We've been the same lineup since we were 14 years old, [but] unfor...

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'Thrash Metal' Book Due In September

Garry Sharpe–Young's latest book "Thrash Metal" is being readied for publication this September. In addition, Zonda Books will publish Garry's "Death Metal", "Black Metal" and "Power Metal", all before the end of the year. These titles replace the 2001 editions, which have consistently ranked No. 1...

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SOULFLY, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Members Talk About 'Higher Voltage' CD

Fifteen of rock's hottest bands have contributed cover versions of classic songs for the second instalment of Kerrang! magazine's free "High Voltage" CDs (free with this week's Kerrang! magazine). Below, all of the bands who contributed to this project talk about what tracks they chose to cover and...