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BORN FROM PAIN: 'Warfare' 7" Single Due In February

Reaper Records will release a new seven-inch single from Dutch metallic hardcore heroes BORN FROM PAIN called "Warfare". The five-song effort will contain selections from the band's latest CD, "Survival", with tentative plans to follow it up with a second seven-inch single containing the album's rem...

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CRIMINAL: 'White Hell' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Anglo-Chilean thrash masters CRIMINAL have unveiled the cover artwork for their new album, "White Hell". The piece was created by Chilean designer / tattoo artist / drummer Fran Muñoz. "The original idea we were pursuing didn't really work out," comments vocalist/guitarist Anton Reisenegger, "so we...

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Beware The Circling Fin

A metaphorically appropriate name on many levels, EARLY MAN is a musical translation of that scene from "2001: A Space Odyssey" where the prehistoric ape-man discovers that the leg bone of his fallen comrade made for a handy weapon and proceeded use the blunt instrument to bash the living fuck out m...

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Planetary Duality

Now this is technical/progressive death metal with flair, uniqueness, and accessibility. Whereas a capable band like DECREPIT BIRTH — whose latest is impressive as well — is filled to the brim with chops and better than average song structuring, THE FACELESS never, ever sacrifices the central essenc...

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METALLICA's ULRICH, HAMMETT Talk 'Guitar Hero'

Mike Snider of USA Today conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett, as well as Activision lead designer Alan Flores, about the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game, due early in 2009. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: How did this game com...

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IMPELLITTERI To Release 'Wicked Maiden' In January

IMPELLITTERI will release its long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", in Japan on January 21, 2009 via Victor Entertainment. The CD, which had the working title of "Good and Evil", was mixed in Vancouver, British Columbia with Greg Reely (DEVILDRIVER, FEAR FACTORY, etc.) and is "by far the most ama...

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LITA FORD's Slinky SYREN Latex Styles Give TWISTED SISTER The Real Glam Treatment

Celebrated rocker Lita Ford teams up with Dee Snider, lead vocalist for bestselling heavy metal band TWISTED SISTER, in a duet for the band's just released video "I'll Be Home for Christmas", available for viewing below. Ford gives the rendition true glam treatment in her smooth, shiny, skintight la...

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WINTERSUN Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

WINTERSUN, the Finnish band led by former ENSIFERUM singer Jari Mäenpää, has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH BRAINSTORM CORVUS CORAX J.B....

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's Daughter To Release New Single

Lauren Harris, daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris, will release her new single, "Your Turn", worldwide at one second past midnight as the first "official" release of 2009. This groundbreaking event, in conjunction with worldwide music distribution giants, The Orchard is the brainchild of Q...

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BORN FROM PAIN: 'Sons Of A Dying World' Video Available

"Sons Of A Dying World", the new video from Dutch metallic hardcore heroes BORN FROM PAIN, can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's new album, "Survival", which was released in Europe on November 3 via Metal Blade Records (except Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, where it arrived...

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AEROSMITH: For Those About To Rock

According to the latest online posting from AEROSMITH's official blogger John B., AEROSMITH members Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Joe Perry all met at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts last week to catch a performance by AC/DC. "The guys all went in to say 'Hi' to the bad boys from Au...

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Survival

The sounds are that of world disorder. Police and air raid sirens blare, and all indications point to BORN FROM PAIN once again standing up to serve notice to fascists and political corrupters everywhere as vocalist Rob shouts "This is the sound of survival! This is the sound of the truth! This is t...

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36 CRAZYFISTS: New Video Interview With BROCK LINDOW Posted Online

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with vocalist Brock Lindow of the Alaskan metal heavyweights 36 CRAZYFISTS on November 6, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the 10-minute chat below. 36 CRAZYFISTS will film its January 9, 2009 concert in Anchorage, Alaska for a forthcoming DVD. According to...

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STEVE GRIMMETT's GRIMMSTINE: Video Footage From Fargo Debut Posted Online

Former GRIM REAPER singer Steve Grimmett played the first show with his new band GRIMMSTINE on Friday, October 10 at Rick's Bar in Fargo, North Dakota. The group reportedly played three GRIM REAPER songs along with most of GRIMMSTINE's self-titled debut, which came out earlier in the year. Watch fan...

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THE BLACKOUT ARGUMENT Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Munich, Germany-based hardcore/metal quintet THE BLACKOUT ARGUMENT is putting the finishing touches on its sophomore album, "Remedies", for a February 2009 release via Lifeforce Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Decisions" will include a guest appearance by Travis Reilly from THIS IS HELL. It is bei...