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Former OBITUARY Guitarist To Guest On New LUSTMORD Album

Former OBITUARY guitarist Allen West will make a guest appearance on the new album from the Phoenix, Arizona extreme metal band LUSTMORD. West will lay down his tracks in his home state of Florida. The as-yet-untitled new LUSTMORD CD will be released later in the year via Death Star Records/Death Ra...

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TED NUGENT Receives 'Defender Of Freedom Award' At NRA National Convention

Multi-platinum guitar icon, author, outspoken activist, outdoorsman and TV personality Ted Nugent was honored with the "2009 General Edward J. Bronars Defender Of Freedom Award," presented by Taurus International during the 138th NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Phoenix, Arizona May 16. Ted — rec...

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MUDVAYNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, STATIC-X: 'The Pedal To The Metal Tour' Dates Announced

The Pedal To The Metal Tour 2009, featuring MUDVAYNE and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, will kick off July 24 in Portland, ME, and conclude September 9, in Oklahoma City, OK (see complete itinerary below). Joining the two metal juggernauts on the road will be STATIC-X, SUICIDE SILENCE, DOPE, BURY YOUR DEAD, a...

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MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Members Release New Messages Via TheLiveLine

TheLiveLine has new updates from MEGADETH guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine (call 866.597.6342) and drummer Shawn Drover (call 877.388.3786),as well as TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy (call 888.636.7611). For more information, click here. About TheLiveLine: In the spring of 2008, Dave Mustaine and frie...

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DEATHSTARS: 'Night Electric Night' First-Week U.S. Sales Revealed

"Night Electric Night", the third album from the Swedish industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS, sold around 900 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 51 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the...

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GRIND INC. Parts Ways With Second Vocalist

German death metallers GRIND INC. have issued the following update: "The band [has] decided to part their way with Thomas Strater on second vocals due to musical differences and circumstances of life. It was a long-[time-coming] decision and we want to thank Thomas for the last years of musical part...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bassist, JACKYL Frontman On 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN bassist John "J.D." DeServio and JACKYL frontman Jesse James Dupree were interviewed on this past Saturday's (May 23) edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. The program is now available for download an as MP3 audio file at this location. "Maximum Threshold" is an...

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What It Seems Is What You Get

KONG is back! Years after perplexing the world with their groove and sample-laden instrumental stew, the world's only "quadrophonic" band (the four musicians each play in one corner of a room, with the audience in the middle) has been resurrected and, despite a mostly new lineup, has picked up where...

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Paranoid Delusions / Paradise Illusions

"Paranoid Delusions / Paradise Illusions" by Baltimore's PULLING TEETH is not your average hardcore album, its strokes painting a broader musical palette not unlike the boundary-pushing acts on Goodfellow Records, as well as the reliable Deathwish, Inc. The anger is still as real as it gets, but mom...

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RESURRECTED Confirmed For Switzerland's MOUNTAINS OF DEATH Festival

Long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED have been confirmed for the ninth edition of Switzerland's most extreme metal festival, Mountains Of Death, set to take place August 21-22, 2009 in Muotathal, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ASPHIXATION (DE) BENEATH THE MASS...

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MONSTROSITY: Colombia Dates Announced

Long-running Florida death metallers MONSTROSITY have scheduled two shows in Colombia in August: Aug. 16 - Ibague, Colombia - Ibague Ciudad Musical de Colombia Festival Aug. 17 - Bogota, Colombia - [to be announced] A U.S. headlining tour will take place in July, featuring support from THORNAFIRE an...

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KRYOBURN: New Album Details Revealed

Carlsbad, New Mexico-based metallers KRYOBURN have completed work on their sophomore album, "Three Years Eclipsed", due later in the year via Continental Entertainment, Inc. The follow-up to 2005's "Enigmatic Existence" (Candlelight) was produced by vocalist/guitarist Todd Brashear and KRYOBURN at t...

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SKYCLAD To Perform At Newcastle College

SKYCLAD, the seminal British band which is often referred to as "the originator of folk metal," has issued the following update: "A while back we were asked to play at Newcastle College as part of their 'Summer Music' program. This is part of a two-week festival with a 'Battle Of The Bands' theme ba...

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CROCELL Continuing Work On New Material

CROCELL, winner of the "Metal Talent" category at Danish Metal Awards 2008, is in the process of writing songs for the follow-up to the band's debut CD, "The God We Drowned". Guitarist Smukke Ken coments: "We have written seven new songs for the upcoming album, four of which" — "In the Age of Iron a...

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SIGH To Film Music Video In Charm City

What started off as a simple rights and clearances query has led to a creative partnership between Japanese black-metal heroes SIGH and Canadian director David Hall. "I wrote the band to ask for permission to film them at this year's Maryland Deathfest, and to film them checking out the sights of Ba...