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EXHUMED: Fall/Winter Tour Dates Announced

EXHUMED have announced fall/winter tour dates in support of their upcoming release, "Garage Daze Re-Regurgitated", to be issued on Parasitic Twin Records, distributed via Relapse Records. These West Coast gore fiends will kick off their five week tour on October 27 in Aptos, CA. Throughout the cours...

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KRUX Featuring CANDLEMASS, ARCH ENEMY, ENTOMBED Members: Demoing New Material

KRUX, the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén, ENTOMBED drummer Peter Stjärnvind, guitarist Jörgen Sandstrom (also in THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED/GRAVE),and current ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik Åkesson, recently entered Studioland s...

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OPETH's ÅKERFELDT And ENTOMBED's CEDERLUND Pay Tribute To Late VOIVOD Guitarist

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt and ENTOMBED's recently departed guitarist Uffe Cederlund openly admit to owing a musical debt to VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, who passed away on August 26, 2005. Had it not been for VOIVOD's landmark 1988 album "Dimension Hatröss", OPETH would not have bee...

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Sicario

The last time CRIMINAL surfaced on U.S. shores (and the only time I've heard them before this) was on 1999's "Dead Soul", a solid if rather derivative slab of South American metal with a good bit of SEPULTURA influence. The good news was, it was more "Chaos A.D". and "Arise" (though simplified consi...

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OMNIUM GATHERUM Guitarist Says New Keyboardist Is 'Energetic As A Monkey'

Guitarist Markus Vanhalla of the Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM has issued the following update: "OMNIUM GATHERUM is doing only two gigs at the end of this year, as we have to take a pause in composing material for the new album. These gigs are both Finnish indoor festivals — Rocklinna Meta...

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CHAOSBREED: No Live Shows Until Further Notice

Finnish death metal supergroup CHAOSBREED have announced via their official web site that they will not perform any live shows until further notice. No further information is currently available. CHAOSBREED announced back in April 2005 that they had parted ways with guitarist Esa Holopainen (AMORPHI...

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BLOOD TSUNAMI: Norwegian Thrash Featuring Former EMPEROR Drummer

BLOOD TSUNAMI, the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR),have completed work on their new demo, which they're currently using to procure a record deal. BLOOD TSUNAMI was formed in 2004 by guitarist and vocalist Pete Evil, who...

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Memento Mori

Well goddamn, here's case where the press release comparisons to early Swedish death metal are right on point! Take the motoring riff blasts of DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED, and early ENTOMBED, blend in the grime of a HIGH ON FIRE, add a quart of sludge, and you've got Atlanta's WITHERED. Now that's a damn...

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ENTOMBED TO Utilize Former MISERY LOVES CO. Drummer For Upcoming Gigs

Long-running Swedish metallers ENTOMBED will be utilizing the services of stand-in session drummer Olle Dahlstedt (ALPHA SAFARI, ex-MISERY LOVES CO.) for all of their previously announced live gigs in September/October while the group's regular skinsman, Peter Stjärnvind, and his wife are awaiting t...

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THE PROJECT HATE: EVERGREY Bassist Named Official Member

THE PROJECT HATE, the Swedish band featuring Jörgen Sandström of ENTOMBED/GRAVE fame on lead vocals, have announced the addition of EVERGREY bassist Michael Håkansson as a full-fledged member of the group. "We have actually hinted at it for quite some time with him and he always answered, 'I'd be ho...

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ENTOMBED Part Ways With Guitarist UFFE CEDERLUND

Long-running Swedish metallers ENTOMBED have amicably parted ways with guitarist Ulf Cederlund. The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "We want to inform everyone that Uffe Cederlund is no longer in the band and that the split is definite and amicable. We wish him all the best...

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Black Thunder

DOOMRIDERS is a project consisting of Nate Newton (CONVERGE, OLD MAN GLOOM),Jebb Riley (THERE WERE WIRES, DISAPPEARER),Chris Pupecki (CAST IRON HIKE),and Chris Bevalaqua (HALLRAKER). You're probably thinking to yourself, "just what we need, a hardcore/noisecore super group". Well, guess again bec...

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World Declension

You can always rely on CENTINEX to deliver the goods when it comes to classic Swedish death/thrash metal, thanks in large part to lone original member and bassist Martin Schulman pushing the band onward. Strangely enough, the group has never been as well known as Swedish brethren ENTOMBED, GRAVE, or...

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ROADRUNNER UNITED: First Track Available For Download

The first track from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED "The All-Star Sessions" CD, entitled "The Dagger", has been made available for download at Roadrun.com. This full-length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a "master class" in hard rock/metal. Boasting 57 artists from 45 of Roadrunner's pas...

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DIRTY RIG Featuring KORY CLARKE: NYC Gig To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD

Long Island, New York-based hard rockers DIRTY RIG, now featuring former WARRIOR SOUL frontman Kory Clarke, will be filming their September 2 show at The Continental in New York City for a future DVD release. The concert will be shot by Underground Video Television (UVTV),who have previously worked...