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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...

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Ex-SEPULTURA Drummer IGOR CAVALERA Featured In NOKIA Commercial; Video Available

MIXHELL — the DJ/hip hop/electro project featuring former SEPULTURA drummer Igor "Iggor" Cavalera and his wife Laima Leyton — is featured in a new Brazilian commercial for Nokia in which five DJs come together to perform live using only mobile phones. Watch the three-minute commercial at YouTube. Ig...

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HOPESFALL To Hit The Road With THE RECEIVING END OF SIRENS

Charlotte, North Carolina's HOPESFALL has announced that it will be heading out on tour this August with THE RECEIVING END OF SIRENS. This is HOPESFALL's first tour in several years, and vocalist Jay Forrest explains the reasons for the lull in their travels. "Besides Brazil, our last real U.S. tour...

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MAX CAVALERA On Project With Brother IGOR: It's The Closest Thing To A SEPULTURA Reunion

SOULFLY's official web site, Soulfly Web, has been updated with a new question-and-answer session with the group's leader, Max Cavalera. It follows here in its entirety: Soulfly Web: First of all, we probably should discuss "Inflikted" [the new SOULFLY demo track which was recently released in very...

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INSECTICIDE: Unreleased Album To See Light Of Day

California's mega-thrashers INSECTICIDE will have their previously unreleased 1990 album issued in July on 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. Look f...

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'Speed Kills… Again' Track Listing Revealed

Inspired by the legendary 1980s compilation series which showcased some of the era's heaviest hitters such as METALLICA, VENOM, SLAYER, CELTIC FROST, POSSESSED etc., "Speed Kills… Again" stands as a tribute to the past as well as a testament to the return of true heavy metal and thrash that is curre...