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DISTURBED Frontman Says DEVICE's Sound 'Still Very Much Guitar-Driven'

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman recently spoke to AOL's Noisecreep about the commercial potential of DEVICE, his new industrial project with FILTER guitarist Geno Lenardo. "I love hooks, but getting radio airplay has never been a concern to me while I'm writing," he said. "That would be a very stif...

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AMORPHIS: New Album Title, Concept And Release Date Revealed

Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS have set "Circle" as the title of their eleventh album, due on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. Production and mixing duties for the follow-up to 2011's "The Beginning Of Times" were handled by HYPOCRISY and PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren, who h...

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EARTH CRISIS Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Candlelight Records has announced the signing of EARTH CRISIS to a worldwide deal. The Syracuse-based band, featuring vocalist Karl Buechner, guitarists Scott Crouse and Erick Edwards, bassist Ian Edwards, and drummer Dennis Merrick, is currently writing and demoing material for its ninth studio alb...

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DARK EMPIRE Announces New Guitarist

New Jersey progressive extreme metallers DARK EMPIRE have announced the addition of guitarist Christian Colabelli to the group's ranks. Christian replaces Andrew Atwood, who split from the band just prior to the recording of last year's album, "From Refuge To Ruin". A video clip of Christian and fel...

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KILL RITUAL Announces New Guitarist

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers KILL RITUAL have announced the addition of guitarist Mehl Anoma (ex-POTENTIAL THREAT) to the group's ranks. He takes over for the departing Roberto Proietti, who has stepped down because of a demanding professional career and new family. The band states: "Roberto wil...

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Former BLAZE BAYLEY Members Launch THE BOUNDED

THE BOUNDED is a brand new project featuring current and former members from established British and Colombian metal bands: Nicolas and David Bermudez (UNDER THREAT, ex-BLAZE BAYLEY),Mauricio Chamucero (DRAGONFORCE, BLAZE BAYLEY session drummer, ex-ROGUE MALE, SAVAGE MESSIAH) and Fernando Politte (...

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ENFORCER: 'Mesmerized By Fire' Promotional Clip Posted Online

A promotional clip for the song "Mesmerized By Fire" from Swedish metallers ENFORCER can be seen below. The band also filmed an official video for the track with director, and the band's longtime friend, Gustav Öhman Spjuth. The group states: "We really feel we have something special to show this ti...

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BLOWSIGHT Signs With ECLIPSE RECORDS

Eclipse Records has announced the signing of Stockholm, Sweden-based modern rockers BLOWSIGHT to a North American deal. The band just wrapped up production of its brand new full-length album, "Life & Death", to be released in North America on April 9. A press release states: "Sweden has always b...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist To Perform At 'Geek To Guitar Hero' Book-Launch Event In New York City

The official launch party for TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick's book, "Geek To Guitar Hero", will be held on Thursday, January 17 at Tammany Hall in New York City. Scheduled performers include PLANETARY COALITION (featuring Skolnick on acoustic guitar) and an "all-star jam with very special guests...

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SATANIC THREAT's 'In To Hell' Due In March

Hells Headbangers has set a March 19 release date for SATANIC THREAT's "In To Hell", on both CD and LP formats. Featuring current members of NUNSLAUGHTER and an ex-member of MIDNIGHT, SATANIC THREAT is everything its name implies: fast, blasphemous, hardcore-hell-punk straight outta the wastelands o...

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ENFORCER Films 'Mesmerized By Fire' Video

Swedish metallers ENFORCER recently filmed a video for the song "Mesmerized By Fire" with director, and their longtime friend, Gustav Öhman Spjuth. The band states: "We really feel we have something special to show this time, and it's definitely not just any other video." The "Mesmerized By Fire" se...

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VOICES: Debut Album Release Date Announced

VOICES, the new U.K. black metal project featuring AKERCOCKE/MY DYING BRIDE drummer David Gray alongside AKERCOCKE members Peter Benjamin and Sam Loynes (also of DIMINISHED FIFTH),will release its debut album, "Voices From The Human Forest Create A Fugue Of Imaginary Rain", in Europe on March 11 vi...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Launches Career As Rock Concert Promoter

According to Shropshire Star, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing has has started a career as a rock promoter under the banner The Future Of Heavy Metal. His first show will be at The Slade Rooms in Wolverhampton, England on May 16, followed by a gig at The Asylum in Birmingham the...

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Book Burner

There's a saying in metal that's overused, but it well applies in the case of D.C. grind champs, PIG DESTROYER. This band is not for the weak. Only five studio albums in a career spanning back to 1997, it's quality not quantity that makes PIG DESTROYER one of the finest of their ilk. Their projectio...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer Has No Interest In Starting A Business In U.S.

IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dicksinson spoke to The Wall Street Journal about his recently launched aircraft maintenance business, Cardiff Aviation Ltd, which is based at the Twin Peaks Hangar at St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, United Kingdom. Dickinson, a qualified commercial pilot, and his co...