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ASSASSIN: 1985 Demo Available For Download

The 1985 "Holy Terror" demo cassette by legendary German thrashers ASSASSIN has been made available for download at the Bang! Bang! metal demo blog. According to the blog post, "The rudiments here are crude, but effective. 'Holy Terror' delivers seven loosely-knit tracks that flail along, barking an...

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SPLATTERED MERMAIDS Sign With BIZARRE LEPROUS PRODUCTIONS

SPLATTERED MERMAIDS, the Swedish death/grind band featuring members of DERANGED and VISCERAL BLEEDING, has signed a deal with Czech gore-grind label Bizarre Leprous Productions. The band is currently writing songs for its new album, to be entitled "Stench of Flesh". Commented the group: "We have six...

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BRUTAL TRUTH Prepares For OBSCENE EXTREME Festival

Recently reunited seminal grindcore/extreme metal outfit BRUTAL TRUTH played three festival shows the last weekend of June: Hellfest in France, Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium and Trashfest in Holland. The band says, "All three shows were amazing!! We were blown away by both the turnout and the res...

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DIMEBAG Book Author Defends Himself Against Accusations That He's Trying To Cash In

The author of the upcoming biography of the late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott has responded to the statement issued by members of Dimebag's family in which they distanced themselves from the book, claiming that Zac Crain "wrote nothing but negative reviews about PANTERA's mu...

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DIMEBAG's Family Distances Itself From Upcoming Biography

The publicity firm representing the family of the late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott has issued the following statement: "The family of the late Dimebag Darrell Abbott has not authorized nor co-operated with Zac Crain on his upcoming book on Dimebag, scheduled for release on...

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BLOOD RED THRONE: 'Come Death' Track Listing Revealed

Norwegian death metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Come Death", due on August 27 via Earache Records. The CD was recorded at Dub Studios in Norway and was mixed by Valle Adzic. Mastering duties were handled by Dragan T. According to a press release, the...

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GADGET, COFFIS, KEITZER, DEFEATIST Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATHFEST

GADGET, COFFIS, KEITZER and DEFEATIST are the latest confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 24-25 at the Sonar in Baltimore. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DERANGED (Sweden) FUCK…I'M DEAD (Australia) IMPALED (California) GHOUL (Creeps...

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SHINING Mastermind Denies Suicide Rumor Was Publicity Stunt

Metal Sickness recently conducted an interview with SHINING mastermind Niklas Kvarforth. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Sickness: Is SHINING only controlled by you, I mean are you the only one who writes the lyrics and the music or do you let the other members taking part of the creation...

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TED NUGENT: 'I Like Sizzling Meat On The Grill'

Rocker Ted Nugent has penned another guest column for the Waco Tribune-Herald in which he talks about animal-rights activists and his right to eat meat. An excerpt follows: "I like sizzling meat on the grill. Wild, huh? Anybody? Now, we all know ol' Nuge isn't by any stretch of the imagination a wei...

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KITTIE Drummer Discusses Horror Movies

KITTIE drummer Mercedes Lander has posted a guest blog at Headbanger's Blog about her lifelong interest in horror movies. An excerpt follows: "Ever since I was a young girl I have been fascinated with '70s and '80s horror films. I remember begging my mother to rent 'The Corpse Grinders' by Ted V. Mi...

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DERANGED, IMPALED, DISAVOWED Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATHFEST

DERANGED, IMPALED and DISAVOWED are among the first confirmed bands for next year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 24-25, 2008 at the Sonar in Baltimore. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DERANGED (Sweden) FUCK…I'M DEAD (Australia) IMPALED (California) GHOUL (Creepsylvania) D...

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Did DEE SNIDER's 'Strangeland' Movie Inspire Kansas City Killer?

According to Kansas City's KMBC-TV, Edwin R. Hall, the man accused of kidnapping and killing 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, has cited "Strangeland" — the 1998 horror film written by, co-produced by, and starring TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider — as one of his favorite movies. The plot of "Strangeland"...

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DE LIRIUM'S ORDER To Release Sophomore Album In August

Finnish brutal/technical metallers DE LIRIUM'S ORDER will release their sophomore album, "Diagnosis", in Finland on August 8 via Shadow World Records. The CD was recorded at Studio Perkele and contains "a spectacle of varying pieces of death and thrash metal which can be only minorly compared to the...

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BLOOD RED THRONE: New Album Title Announced

Norwegian death metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have set "Come Death" as the title of their new album, due later in the year via Earache Records. The CD was recorded at Dub Studios in Norway and was mixed by Valle Adzic. Mastering duties were handled by Dragan T. According to a press release, the album c...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Says New Album Will Have 'More Riffs, More Melodies'

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott recently spoke to Decibel magazine about the recording process for the group's follow-up to 2005's "Doomsday Machine", due later in the year via Century Media Records. Vocalist Angela Gossow has become one of the preeminent screamers in metal, and according to Amot...