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SKINLAB Hits The Studio

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB have issued the following update: "[We're] off to Trident studios [in Pacheco, California] to begin recording for upcoming digital release, due out in the coming months via Crash. We'll be re-recording the songs 'Face of Aggression' and 'In for the Ki...

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BIOMECHANICAL Completes Work On 'Cannibalised'; Advance Track Online

U.K. epic thrash metallers BIOMECHANICAL have announced the completion of their new CD, "Cannibalised", mixed by famed producer Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST). The band has posted an exclusive advance track, entitled "Fallen In Fear", on its MySpace page for fans to get a taste of what to expect f...

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STILL REMAINS To Hit The Road With AIDEN

Grand Rapids, Michigan's STILL REMAINS is about to hit the road again. After recently completing a successful run on the SmartPunk Stage of this year's Vans Warped Tour, the band is heading out on tour this fall with AIDEN and DROP DEAD, GORGEOUS. With a lofty goal of "touring until their bodies qui...

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DECAPITATED To Reissue 'Winds Of Creation' With Exclusive Bonus DVD

Polish death metallers DECAPITATED will issue a limited edition version of their "Winds of Creation" debut album on October 8, complete with bonus DVD. Originally issued back in 2000, the album sent shock waves through the scene for its focused and tight arrangement, relentless aggression and suprem...

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VAN HALEN Book Author: The Original Four-Man Band Is What The World Wants

Bring Back Glam! recently spoke with rock writer Ian Christe about his new book "Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga". During the interview, Christe explains his love for VAN HALEN, his opinion of the upcoming reunion tour and future book projects. An excerpt follows: Bring Back Glam!: What spa...

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An Ocean Between Us

Admittedly, I was nonplussed with 2005's "Shadows are Security" from metalcore heavyweights AS I LAY DYING. It is not that it is a sub par album, and it is better than many similar albums in what has become a morass of mediocrity, but seemed to lack the vibrancy and sharp edges of its predecessor, "...

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ICED EARTH Frontman Talks BEYOND FEAR, 'Framing Armageddon'

Rich Catino of Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH/ex-JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Asylum: So before we start talking about the forthcoming ICED EARTH album "Framing Armageddon", I wanted to ask how your other ban...

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SCAR SYMMETRY: New Video Interview Available

A video interview with Swedish metallers SCAR SYMMETRY conducted by "Angel of Metal" at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which took place August 16-18 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England, can be viewed below. Called "masters of melody, complexity, and aggression" by Kerrang! magazine and...

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OTEP Frontwoman: 'I've Never Been More Excited About The Future'

California-based, female-fronted band OTEP recently confirmed that it has worked out a split with Capitol Records — which released the group's first two albums — and is shopping around for a new label to issue the band's long-completed third offering, "The Ascension". The CD was recorded in New Orle...

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CRADLE TO GRAVE Enlists DEVIN TOWNSEND To Mix New Album

CRADLE TO GRAVE, the band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has enlisted Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) to mix and master the group's new album, "Texas Medicine", due later in the year via Year of the Sun Records. "We got introduced to...

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VOIVOD Frontman Launches PARANOLAND Project

In a complete departure from what they have done before, Denis "Snake" Belanger (VOIVOD) and longtime friend Botcher (AGGRESSION) spent the last year working on a project called PARANOLAND. Experimenting with modern sounds and samples over knockout riffs and twisted arrangements, the group stepped u...

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Speed Kills… Again

Just in case you missed the whiff of stale beer in denim and heard the sound of creaking leathers, the Heavy Artillery label is reminding you with all the subtlety of a boot to a poseur's face that thrash is back. Rising up from the American underground (particularly in the Latino community, for som...

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'Get Thrashed' Director Says Thrash Is 'Back, And Bigger And Better'

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene recently conducted an interview with Rick Ernst, "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene. "Thrash was the perfect mix," explains Ernst. "Guy...

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MEGADETH: Complete 'Warchest' Box Set Details Revealed

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine and Capitol/EMI have collaborated to create and deploy the ultimate MEGADETH box set: "Warchest". The 4-CD+DVD collection features more than six hours of digitally remastered content, hand-selected by Mustaine, including 30 audio and video tracks making their global release...

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SKINLAB: Live CD, DVD In The Works

Bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of the San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB has issued the following update: "Today we start listen to the live CD recording from our show at The Metro June 3rd. We're set to start mixing next week. We'll be working our our longtime friend Juan Urteaga at Trident...