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DRY KILL LOGIC To Release New Album Next Spring
DRY KILL LOGIC frontman Cliff Rigano has issued the following update: "No rest for the wicked… After Gigantour ends, we will be embarking on the 'New Level of Aggression II' tour, presented by Vestal, which will run from September 12 through October 25 and take us back around the U.S. one more time....August 21, 2005
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Dark Ages
It's been a while since I dove headfirst into a SOULFLY album. After the self-titled debut and "Primitive", I stopped paying attention and missed out on "3" and "Prophecy". I half-expected album number five to be a watered down, more commercially oriented, "nu" type of album. To say I was "shocked"...August 15, 2005
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Hazardous Mutation
It sounds to me like four young dudes got into their older brothers' record collections and discovered the raucous music of crossover bands like D.R.I. and full-on thrashers like EXODUS and NUCLEAR ASSAULT, then decided to take matters into their own hands. "Hazardous Mutation", by Richmond, Virgini...August 15, 2005
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IN FLAMES Frontman: I Would Rather Be On OZZFEST's Second Stage
Crawfordsville, IN's The Journal Review recently conducted an interview with IN FLAMES frontman Anders Fridén. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's evolution: "We never really set out to be anything, you know. Obviously when we first started out, we had all the influences from other...August 11, 2005
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EQUINOX To Record New EP
Floridian black/death metallers EQUINOX will enter Diet of Worms studio (MORBID ANGEL, DIABOLIC, UNHOLY GHOST) in Tampa, Florida this week to record a new five-song EP, tentatively tiltled "Wretched & Nameless". The recording marks a new chapter in the group's 12-year history, featuring a newly...August 10, 2005
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SHATTER MESSIAH: New Live Date Announced
SHATTER MESSIAH, the new band featuring former NEVERMORE/ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy and ANNIHILATOR drummer Robert Falzano, will be performing at The Pit in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, August 13. The show starts at 9:00 p.m. SHATTER MESSIAH recently completed work on their debut EP, "Your...August 10, 2005
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Vendetta
Based on my lukewarm feelings about "Haymaker", I was prepared to give THROWDOWN's "Vendetta" a mediocre review. I seem to be one of the few that weren't knocked on their asses by the 2003 release. The album has its moments, but seems to drag at times; something about those extra thick, breakdownish...August 7, 2005
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Moment of Reckoning
One gets the feeling that Texas-born JACKNIFE were once a lot more basic and hardcore-oriented, perhaps cut from the same cloth as PISSING RAZORS or HATEBREED. Then they discovered the likes of SHADOWS FALL and heard some "new wave of American metal", and that influence (or perhaps the same Swedish...August 7, 2005
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The Battle of the Common
Once upon a time (2004 to be exact),five guys, including ex-members of BIGWIG and STALEMATE, got together and combined the aggression of hardcore with gang-chorus-infused street punk. A self-produced demo soon followed. Here in 2005, the band releases its full-length debut, "The Battle of the Commo...August 7, 2005
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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON: 'I Refuse To Limit My Musical Experiences'
Holland's Vampire Magazine recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current F5/TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Vampire Magazine: I guess it was right after MEGADETH quit that you wanted to form another band, how important is it f...August 2, 2005
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SHATTER MESSIAH: Live Debut Scheduled For This Week
SHATTER MESSIAH, the new band featuring former NEVERMORE/ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy and ANNIHILATOR drummer Robert Falzano, will be making their live debut at the Vudoo bar in Akron, Ohio on Friday, August 5. SHATTER MESSIAH recently completed work on their debut EP, "Your God's Demise". Fi...August 2, 2005
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The Process of Endtime
I usually like a good death metal-rooted, chug-groovin' American metal album, not unlike what CREMATORIUM dishes out on "The Process of Endtime". However, I found 2002's "For All Our Sins…" to be just OK, the disc not leaving much of a lasting impression. The songs just never stuck. The only reason...July 28, 2005
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QUEEN Guitarist Says The West Must Learn Why Others Hate It
Launch Radio Networks reports: In the wake of the terror bombings in London last week, QUEEN guitarist Brian May says more work should be done to understand why people do this kind of thing. Writing on his official BrianMay.com web site, May says, "I sense there is a mood of quiet resolve among the...July 12, 2005
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Hell Sweet Hell
By the time 2004's "The Great Collapse" had been released, Germany's FEAR MY THOUGHTS had become a quality Swedish-style thrash act. The album is a fine mix of thrashing aggression and capable melodies, one that also succeeds because the songwriting isn't too one-dimensional. On "Hell Sweet Hell", F...July 9, 2005
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Dreams of Death
The number of people willing to "Flots Til Death!" has dropped precipitously since the band's major-label heyday. The band turned out to be too metal for mainstream crossover success, despite a bit of airplay in 1992 with the heavily-hyped "Cuatro", while their move away from thrash roots alienated...July 2, 2005
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