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Unquestionable Presence: Live at Wacken

Live albums aren't always the most popular products on the market in this age of digital perfection. Only a scant number actually sound live and convey the primal essence of a band. But when you've got a live album of virtuoso musicians playing a style that somehow melds improvisation and compositio...

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BORKNAGAR: Footage From The Studio Posted Online

BORKNAGAR has completed work on its new album, "Universal", for an early 2010 release via Indie Recordings. The CD was recorded and mixed at Toproom Studio in Lunner, Norway, with the bandmembers themselves handling the production duties. The first in a series of webisodes covering the recording pro...

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GIRLSCHOOL: New Video Interview Available

Vicky Bradley (a.k.a. Vix the Angel Of Metal) conducted an interview with the veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL on August 8, 2009 at the Dean Owners of America U.K. faction party at the Albany Theatre in London, England. Watch the seven-minute chat below. GIRLSCHOOL's 30th-anniver...

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FINNTROLL Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL have inked a three-album, worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The band entered Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki in late July to begin recording its as-yet-untitled fifth album for an early 2010 release. Commented Jens Prueter, head of A&R at Century Media Eu...

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TRISTANIA Joined By Former OCTAVIA SPERATI Guitarist

Norway's TRISTANIA have issued the following update: "We are very happy to announce that Gyri Losnegård has joined the ranks of TRISTANIA as a permanent member! It was never a hard decision to ask her to get on board. We quickly got to know her as a hard-working, talented guitar player, skilled song...

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EXODUS Cancels Beijing Show

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have issued the following update: "Due to visa issue with China, we are forced to cancel our Beijing show [on September 25 at Mao Live House]. We want to thank the Chinese fans as well as Painkiller magazine/Icon Promotions for their support and understanding....

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MACHINE HEAD Explains Lack Of North American Headlining Tour In Support Of 'The Blackening'

Some of MACHINE HEAD's U.S.-based fans have been wondering why the San Francisco Bay Area metal band has not yet announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of "The Blackening" — despite the fact that the album is now two and a half years old. In a posting on MACHINE HEAD's official message board, t...

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DESTRUCTION Guitarist Breaks Finger

Guitarist Mike Sifringer of German thrashers DESTRUCTION broke his finger in Belgium last week. "Yes, sad but true, the middle finger on the left hand is broken, the ring finger is cracked," the guitarist says. "I have to pause and rest my hand for at least two weeks, so no complications can occur."...

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MACHINE HEAD To Tour Europe With HATEBREED, BLEEDING THROUGH And ALL SHALL PERISH

Since the release of "The Blackening" in March of 2007, San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have toured incessantly, playing more than 300 shows in support of the Grammy-nominated album. And while this three-year-long album cycle has seen MACHINE HEAD share U.S. and European stages as main...

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INSIDIOUS DISEASE: Third Song Available For Streaming

INSIDIOUS DISEASE (formerly INSIDIOUS),the international metal project featuring members of DIMMU BORGIR, NAPALM DEATH, OLD MAN'S CHILD and MORGOTH, has posted another new song, "The Desire", on the band's MySpace page. INSIDIOUS DISEASE made its official live debut at this year's Wacken Open Air f...

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D-A-D To Release 'The Overmuch Box' In November

Danish rockers D-A-D will release "The Overmuch Box" on November 16. According to the band, the box will contain "the ten albums so far released; the EP 'Standin' On The Never Never'; a CD — 'Behind the Seen' — with B-sides and a handful of unreleased songs; and last but not least, a 160-page long ....

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NEVERMORE: Audio Snippets From 'The Obsidian Conspiracy' Recording Process Available

A few audio snippets from the recording process for NEVERMORE's new album, "The Obsidian Conspiracy", can be heard below (courtesy of the band's lead singer, Warrel Dane). The drum tracks for "The Obsidian Conspiracy" were completed in the group's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guit...

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ATHEIST: European Tour Report Part 1

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "What a rash of fucking nightmares! In true ATHEIST fashion, we always seem to have these strange things happen to us whilst touring. "The night before I was leaving for the Brutal Assault...

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UNEARTH: Deluxe Version Of 'The March' Due In November

On November 10, 2009, fans will be able to get their hands on the new deluxe version of UNEARTH's latest album, "The March". The CD will come with a bonus DVD featuring a tour documentary entitled "The Three Day March", with footage shot by acclaimed director Doug Spangenberg (LAMB OF GOD, EVERY TIM...

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STORMWARRIOR: Video Interview Posted Online

An interview with German metallers STORMWARRIOR conducted at this year's Jalometalli metal music festival — which was held August 14-15, 2009 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland — can be viewed below. Locomotive Records released the third studio album from STORMWARRIOR, entitled "Heading Northe", in No...