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ASESINO: Tour Dates Announced

ASESINO — the death metal/grindcore project featuring DIVINE HERESY/ex-FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares and STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos (on bass/vocals) — has lined up the following dates: Dec. 28 - The Meridian - Houston, Texas Dec. 29 - The Door - Dallas, Texa Dec. 30 - Sneakers - San Antonio,...

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SATYRICON, GOREFEST, SAMAEL, GRAVE Confirmed For Austria's KALTENBACH OPEN AIR Festival

SATYRICON, GOREFEST, SAMAEL and GRAVE have been confirmed for the Kaltenbach Open Air festial, set to take place July 18-19 in Spital am Semmering, Austria. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SATYRICON (NOR) GOREFEST (NL) SAMAEL (CH) GRAVE (S) HOLLENTHON (A) NECROPHOBIC (S) DEW-SCENTED (...

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SLAYER Frontman Comments On Third GRAMMY Nomination

With at least one foot planted firmly in Hell, National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences members have nominated SLAYER, the acknowledged kings of extreme speed/thrash/punk-metal, for their third Grammy Award. The SLAYER track, "The Final Six", from the band's 2007 limited-edition "Christ Ill...

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ROTTING CHRIST: Athens Concert Filmed For Upcoming DVD; Setlist Revealed

Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST filmed their December 8, 2007 concert in Athens, Greece for an upcoming DVD. According to Metalzone.gr, the group's setlist was as follows: 01. Intro 02. The Sign Of Prime Creation (Theogonia) 03. Keravnos Kivernitos (Theogonia) 04. Athanatoi Este (Sanctus Diav...

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OATH TO VANQUISH Added To Record New EP

Lebanese death metallers OATH TO VANQUISH will support ROTTING CHRIST at the final date of the Greek band's "Hellenic Tour 2007" on December 23 at the Club Red in Nicosia, Cyprus. A poster for the show can be viewed at this location. In related news, OATH TO VANQUISH will enter the studio in ...

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THE BLACK LEAGUE Covers STEPPENWOLF's 'The Pusher'; Video Available

THE BLACK LEAGUE/ex-SENTENCED frontman Taneli Jarva has issued the following update: "Now here's something of a special Christ Mass treat for all you bastards out there! We recently laid down a version of Hoyt Axton's classic drug rock anthem 'The Pusher' — STEPPENWOLF? Easy Rider? Ring a bell..? We...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's ARSON ANTHEM Preparing To Release Debut

With the current roster of supposed "extreme" or "underground" bands repetitively dishing out modern metal regurgitation, something had to give; enter ARSON ANTHEM, the new project featuring Philip Anselmo (DOWN, ex-PANTERA) on guitar, Mike Williams (EYEHATEGOD) on vocals, Hank Williams III (SUPERJO...

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ROTTING CHRIST To Tour South America In June

Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST will embark on a South American tour in June 2008. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. A teaser flyer for the upcoming trek can be found at this location. ROTTING CHRIST will film its December 8, 2007 concert in Athens, Greece for an upcoming DVD. Po...

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10 YEARS: New Album Track Listing Revealed

10 YEARS has revealed the track listing for its sophomore effort, "Division", tentatively due on March 4, 2008. The first single from the disc will be "Just Can't Win", while another tune titled "Focus" was co-written with former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and ARMY OF ANYONE guitarist Dean DeLeo. The band...

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Iceland's CHANGER: Our Journey Ends Here

Icelandic extreme metal band CHANGER has decided to break up after eight years of existence. "Uncontrollable internal circumstances drive us to this decision and we deeply regret this coming up at such a bad time — especially with the recording of our new album just around the corner," the group wri...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'Rock And Roll Should Always Be Fun'

Mark Carras of Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: One thing that I did notice on this CD ["Angel Down"] is that you're using your higher octaves more than you have in a long ...

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ASESINO Signs European Deal With LISTENABLE RECORDS

ASESINO — the death metal/grindcore project featuring DIVINE HERESY/ex-FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares and STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos (on bass/vocals) — has inked a deal with France's Listenable Records for the European release of the group's latest album, "Cristo Satanico" ("Satanic Christ")....

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ROTTING CORPSE: 1985 Demo Available For Free Download

The 1985 debut three-song demo cassette by Texas thrashers ROTTING CORPSE has been made available for download at the Bang! Bang! metal demo blog. According to the blog post, "Formed by (then 'Diamond') Darrell Abbott's guitar tech Walt Trachsler and fellow PANTERA roadie Jim Mulqueen while their bo...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Take Cover' Enters Billboard Chart At No. 173

QUEENSRŸCHE's collection of covers, "Take Cover", has sold 5,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 173 on The Billboard 200 chart. Singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scot...

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…And Back to Earth Again...

I cannot think of any circumstance in which I would have guessed that I'd be giving a compilation album a perfect score. There are some great collections out there, but one always seems to find a reason, no matter how small, to take the rating down at least a notch. Then again, I never thought ...