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SACRED STEEL Sets Tentative Track Listing For 'Hammer Of Destruction'

German metallers SACRED STEEL have set the tentative track listing for their sixth album, "Hammer of Destruction", due on November 10 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at the Spiderhouse studio in Lütte (near Berlin) with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESS...

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DEATH BREATH Signs North American Deal With RELAPSE RECORDS

DEATH BREATH, the new Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS),has inked a North American deal with Relapse Records. The group's debut record, "Stinking Up The Nig...

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Christ Illusion

Everyone's known it for years: while SLAYER is widely considered one of the greatest live metal acts of all time, the band has not made an equally great album since 1990's "Seasons in the Abyss". That record brought together the speed and fury of "Reign in Blood" (1986) with the experimental nature...

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Under Reprisal

One moment you're a demo-band making big waves on Garageband.com, the next you're signed to Nuclear Blast and FEAR FACTORY's Christian Olde Wolbers is producing your debut album. Such is the life of Toronto's THREAT SIGNAL, five determined musicians whose "Under Reprisal" album may not make anyone f...

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The Locust Years

Following up the work of insane genius that was "The August Engine", a fixture on many Top Ten lists in 2003, San Francisco's cult avant-metal weirdoes HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE confound the listener still further here. "The Locust Years" is a grandiose, ambitious and sprawling work, a bit less immediat...

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KISS Performs 'Kissin' Time' Live In California: Video Available

A low-quality video clip of KISS performing the song "Kissin' Time" on Wednesday, July 26 at the Chumash Casino in Santa Barbara County, California has been posted online at YouTube.com. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Detroit Rock City 02. Makin' Love 03. Watchin' You 04. King of the Night...

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VINNIE PAUL Says There Is 'Absolutely' No Chance Of Reconciliation With PHILIP ANSELMO

Joseph Rose of Crave Music recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Crave Music: Do you ever get a chance to just go back and listen to the PANTERA albums? Do you have a favorite one? Vinnie Paul: "My favorite one...

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KISS Destroys Chumash; Show Includes Pyro And Fireworks

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with the following report: "KISS rocked a standing-room-only crowd tonight at the Chumash Casino [in Santa Barbara County in California on Wednesday, July 26], and we mean standing room only! The room, including the aisles, was packed full wi...

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MASTODON: 'Taste Of Chaos Ensemble' Tribute Album Due Next Month

A unique tribute album to MASTODON's "Leviathan" album, aptly titled "Taste of Chaos Ensemble Perform's Mastodon's Leviathan", is scheduled for release on August 8 via Vitamin Records. The album's official description reads as follows: "On this record, THE TASTE OF CHAOS ENSEMBLE is going back to MA...

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Wounded

From the first mammoth riffs of album-opener "25th Hour", the first band that immediately comes to mind is the mighty BOLT THROWER. And when it kicks into high gear, something tells you that "Wounded" from Phoenix's LANDMINE MARATHON is going to be an album that does nothing short of ripping you a n...

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KISS Play Final Japanese Show; Setlist, Photos Available

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with the following report: "KISS just finished rockin' the Fuji Speedway! Tonight's [July 23] crowd was easily the most intense of the tour and KISS responded to the crowd in a big way, delivering an energenic, powerful set that ended their s...

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KISS Offers Three Additional Songs In Fukuoka, Japan Setlist, Photos Available

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with the following message: "Tonight [July 20] KISS rocked Fukuoka [Japan] with a powerful attack that included three additional songs as well as a great medley of KISS classics! Feeding off another energetic crowd, KISS put it in high gear f...

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KISS Rocks Nagoya: Setlist Revealed; Photos Available

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with the following report: KISS just rocked Nagoya's Rainbow Hall, tearing through a set list which included the first ever Japanese performance of "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" and several other classics not played on their 2004 visit to Japan, i...

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Struck-By-Lightning METALLICA Fan Talks To Denver TV Station: Video Available

The Colorado teenager who was listening to METALLICA on his iPod when he was struck by lightning last Sunday (July 2) spoke to Denver's 9News.com about the experience. Watch the two-minute video report at this location (Windows Media). 17-year-old Jason Bunch of Castle Rock thought he would have tim...

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ANGELA GOSSOW's Pre-ARCH ENEMY Recordings Available Online

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has uploaded samples of her early demo recordings with the pre-ARCH ENEMY outfits ASMODINA and MISTRESS on her official MySpace profile. "The quality is not the best — we basically recorded it all in one take live in the rehearsal room with my smashed SM 57 mic an...