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SKELETONWITCH Announces Dates With CANNABIS CORPSE

Ohio's sons of Midwestern darkness SKELETONWITCH will play a handful of headlining dates in early January with the Richmond, Virginia-based old-school death metal band CANNABIS CORPSE (featuring Philip "Landphil" Hall of MUNICIPAL WASTE). The run of dates culminates in Brooklyn, New York where the '...

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Guitarist CHRISTIAN OLDE WOLBERS On FEAR FACTORY: 'We're Just Taking A Break'

Lisa Sharken of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY/ARKAEA guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: You and Raymond [Herrera; FEAR FACTORY drummer] have started a new band, and many people think that means FEAR FACTORY has br...

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MANOWAR: Audio Interview With JOEY DEMAIO Posted Online

Italian news blog Musica Metal has uploaded an audio interview with MANOWAR bass player Joey DeMaio. The chat covers a wide range of topics, including the Magic Circle Festival, MANOWAR's position in the Guinness World Of Records, whether heavy metal is better than sex, and MANOWAR's relationship to...

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OPETH Frontman: This Was 'The Most Successful Euro Tour We've Ever Done'

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update: "Well, finally finished the European tour. I have to say this is the most successful Euro tour we've ever done in terms of attendance. Almost every gig we did was completely sold out, most of...

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DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE, TRIVIUM Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE, TRIVIUM and CHILDREN OF BODOM are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2009 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DISTURBED (USA) VOLBEAT (DK) DIR EN GREY...

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BALTIMOORE Announces New Lineup

Frontman Björn Lodin of the Swedish hard rockers BALTIMOORE has recruited the following musicians for the band's new lineup: Örjan Fernkvist - Keyboards Robban Bäck - Drums Emanuel Hedberg - Guitar Björn Lundqvist - Bass Commented Lodin: Me and the guys are very excited about making a record and pla...

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NIFELHEIM: We 'Approved' Anti-CLIFF BURTON, -DIMEBAG Comments Before They Were Published

Swedish black metallers NIFELHEIM have released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET insisting that they "approved" the comments that were attributed to them in the latest issue of Sweden Rock magazine where they appeared to be disrespecting the memories of both METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton and PANTERA...

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NIFELHEIM: Anti-CLIFF BURTON, -DIMEBAG Comments Were A 'Bad Joke' That Was Taken Out Of Context

Swedish black metallers NIFELHEIM have released a statement clarifying the comments they made in the latest issue of Sweden Rock magazine where they appeared to be disrespecting the memories of both METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton and PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. In the Swed...

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SIX FEET UNDER Guitarist's Home Burglarized

The home of SIX FEET UNDER guitarist Steve Swanson was burglarized late Friday night/early Saturday morning (Dec. 5-6). Among items that were stolen were six guitars (two of which were custom, one-of-a-kind KXK guitars) altogether worth thousands of dollars, one Mesa Boogie dual rectifier head, Line...

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NIFELHEIM Bassist Disrespects DIMEBAG, CLIFF BURTON

The latest issue of Sweden Rock magazine features an interview with the Swedish black metal band NIFELHEIM conducted in late September during the group's Finnish tour with WATAIN. "MÖTLEY CRÜE and MUNICIPAL WASTE are likely the worst bands in the world. Next to METALLICA," the group's bassist Tyrant...

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BULLET's 'Bite The Bullet' To Be Released On Vinyl

Swedish heavy rockers BULLET will have their sophomore album, "Bite The Bullet", released on vinyl on January 30, 2009. It will be available in three editions: * Gatefold LP * Gatefold LP + Backpatch * Gatefold LP + Backpatch + T-Shirt + Patch "Dusk Til Dawn", the new video from BULLET, can be viewe...

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ARKAEA Schedules Live Debut

ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) alongside vocalist Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL) and bassist Pat Kavanaugh (THREAT SIGNAL) — will make its live debut on January 15, 2009 at Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, California with GOD...

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IRON MAIDEN Announces Five Brazilian Shows

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have announced five shows in Brazil as part of the fourth and final leg of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Feb. 13 - Dubai, UAE - Media City Amphitheatre Feb. 15 - Bangalore, India Royal - Challenge R...

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The Man Behind The Black/Death Metal Logo

Vice magazine recently conducted an interview with Christophe Szpajdel who in the last 20 years has drawn more than 7,000 logos, mostly for black and death metal bands from all over the world, including EMPEROR, MOONSPELL, NACHTMYSTIUM and ENTHRONED. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Wants To Chill With The President

Fan-filmed video footage of Virginian thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE performing their "classic" song "I Want To Kill The President" — now retitled "I Want To Chill With The President" — this past Sunday, November 23 at the Rock N Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C. can be viewed below (clip filmed and uploade...