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EXODUS: New 'Assorted Atrocities' DVD Trailer Posted Online
A new two-minute trailer for "Assorted Atrocities", the forthcoming EXODUS three-disc DVD/CD set, can be viewed below. Due late summer, the package will contain the band's July 2008 performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, plus a 105-minute documentary following the band through the last f...June 18, 2009
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POSSESSED Schedules One-Off Hollywood Show
Reactivated California death metal pioneers POSSESSED — featuring sole original member Jeff Becerra (vocals) backed by members of California's SADISTIC INTENT — will play a special one-off show on December 13, 2009 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. Tickets are on sale now exclusively th...June 16, 2009
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SUIDAKRA: First-Ever Show In China Cut Short; Video Available
German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "We played our first show here in China a few days ago (June 14) in Shenyang. Everything started perfectly as there were a lot more people than we expected and everybody obviously enjoyed our performance. Unfortunately, t...June 16, 2009
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SAMAEL Confirmed For Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST IV
Swiss extreme metallers SAMAEL have been confirmed for the Monterrey Metal Fest IV, set to take place Wednesday, September 16, 2009 (Mexican Independence Day holiday) at the Santa Lucia Arena in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CHILDREN OF BOD...June 12, 2009
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SKYCLAD: More European Dates Announced
SKYCLAD, the seminal British band which is often referred to as "the originator of folk metal," has scheduled the following European dates: Jun. 26 - Newcastle College, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Jul. 10 - Spratton Folk Festival, Spratton, UK Jul. 18 - Dong Open Air, Neukirchen-Vluyn, DE Aug. 21 - Rock...June 12, 2009
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SLAYER To Headline Germany's Wacken Rocks South, Wacken Rocks Seaside
Californian thrashers SLAYER will headline the Wacken Rocks South (August 28 in Kreuth near Nürnberg/Munich) and Wacken Rocks Seaside (August 29 in Aurich near Bremen/Hamburg) events in Germany. On July 27, SLAYER will film a video for an as-yet-undisclosed track off their upcoming album. As a resul...June 11, 2009
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SATANOCHIO Completes Work On RUNNING WILD Cover
Romanian "evil metal" band SATANOCHIO has finished recording "Siberian Winter" for "ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild" — the upcoming tribute to German metal legends RUNNING WILD which will contain cover versions of songs exclusively from the albums "The Rivalry" (1998),"Victory" (2000),"The B...June 11, 2009
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ALESTORM: 'Black Sails At Midnight' First-Week Sales Revealed
"Black Sails At Midnight", the new album from the Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No....June 10, 2009
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CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS Confirmed For Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST IV
CHILDREN OF BODOM and AMORPHIS are among the confirmed bands for the Monterrey Metal Fest IV, set to take place Wednesday, September 16, 2009 (Mexican Independence Day holiday) at the Santa Lucia Arena in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CHILD...June 9, 2009
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DORO PESCH Records WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Anthem
German metal queen Doro Pesch has recorded the official "anthem" of the Wacken Open Air festival, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. According to a posting on the event's official web site, the song, which is entitled "We Are The Metalheads", is "about the community feeling of the...June 9, 2009
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EXODUS, SACRED OATH Frontmen Interviewed On 'The Governor's Ball'
Vocalist Rob Dukes of the classic thrash masters EXODUS and vocalist/guitarist Rob Thorne of the reunited traditional metallers SACRED OATH were interviewed for this week's edition of "The Governor's Ball". You can download the program at this location. A one-minute trailer for "Assorted Atrocities"...June 6, 2009
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RAGE: Special Guests Announced For 25th-Anniversary WACKEN Performance
German power metallers RAGE will be joined by the following special guests for their 25th-anniversary performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany: Jen Majura (RAGE/BLIND GUARDIAN guest vocalist) Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer (DESTRUC...June 6, 2009
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EXODUS Drummer Talks About The Resurgence Of Thrash
Away-Team recently conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat folow below. Away-Team: When "The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A" was released; I think it was Gary [Holt, guitar] that said in an interview, that this...June 5, 2009
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NEVERMORE To Enter Studio In August
Seattle metallers NEVERMORE will enter the studio in August with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "Praises to the War Machine") to begin recording their long-awaited follow-up to 2005's "This Godless Ende...June 4, 2009
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THE FADING To Release 'In Sin We'll Find Salvation' In August
Israeli melodic death metal band THE FADING will release its full-length debut, "In Sin We'll Find Salvation", on August 3 through the German label Wacken Records. On July 31, the CD will be launched with the group's second appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival. "In Sin We'll Find Salvation" wa...June 3, 2009
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