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WAYLANDER, ANDRAS, OBSCURITY Featured On METALMESSAGE's 'V' Compilation

German online magazine Metalmessage has just released the latest installment of its CD compilation, titled "V". Included on this deluxe release are 13 pagan, Viking folk metal artists with some of their best material. The package is strictly limited to 2,000 hand-numbered copies and comes in a blue...

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Singer ROB ROCK Comments On New IMPELLITTERI Album

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", marks the return to IMPELLITTERI of the band's former singer Rob Rock. Commented Rock: "There has been speculation of...

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DUFF MCKAGAN: Random Thoughts (And Experiences) Of 2008

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weeky column, which appears every Thursday on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. A few excerpts follow below. "I really don't have a 'tidy conclusion of 2008' column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly...

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CRIMINAL: New Song Posted Online

"21st Century Paranoia", a brand new track from Anglo-Chilean thrash masters CRIMINAL, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's new album, "White Hell", which will be released on February 27, 2009 via Massacre Records. The CD's cover artwork, which was cr...

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SABBAT Frontman MARTIN WALKYIER: One Step Nearer The Fatherland?

SABBAT/ex-SKYCLAD frontman Martin Walkyier has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "It is New Year's Eve as I write this to you, and I am sitting here alone at my computer. This is traditionally a time for reflection on the past; and when I look back upon the truly insane behaviour of...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's JOHN 'J.D.' DESERVIO: New Audio Interview Posted Online

Jason Saulnier conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and CYCLE OF PAIN bassist John "J.D." DeServio on October 11, 2008. DeServio talks about his favorite hockey team, Zakk Wylde's Berserker Sauce, Guitar Hero World Tour, his days touring with Lita Ford, the CYCLE OF PAIN album, bass clini...

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SKELETONWITCH Announces Dates With CANNABIS CORPSE

Ohio's sons of Midwestern darkness SKELETONWITCH will play a handful of headlining dates in early January with the Richmond, Virginia-based old-school death metal band CANNABIS CORPSE (featuring Philip "Landphil" Hall of MUNICIPAL WASTE). The run of dates culminates in Brooklyn, New York where the '...

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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....