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NILE Parts Ways With DALLAS TOLER-WADE, Announces Replacement

South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE have parted ways with guitarist/vocalist Dallas Toler-Wade and have replaced him with Brian Kingsland. The band will support OVERKILL on a North American tour beginning on February 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Commented NILE founding m...

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MIKE PORTNOY'S SHATTERED FORTRESS Performs Live For First Time (Video)

Iconic drummer and former member of DREAM THEATER, Mike Portnoy performed the band's "12 Step Suite" in its entirety for the first time ever on the Cruise To The Edge, which sailed out of Tampa, Florida on February 7. The music documents the musician's battle with alcoholism, and is an ensemble of f...

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THY ART IS MURDER Guitarist Says Band Is 'Definitely Not' Open To Using Clean Vocals

Metal Wani's Daniel Jaramillo recently conducted an interview with guitarist Andy Marsh of Australian extreme metallers THY ART IS MURDER. You can listen to the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether the return of vocalist C.J. McMahon means the band is...

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NASUM: Documentary Focusing On Final 2012 Performance To Premiere At Danish Film Festival

"Blasting Shit to Bits - The Final Show", a documentary film focusing on the final 2012 performance by Sweden's legendary grindcore outfit NASUM, will premiere at Copenhagen's Music Film Festival on April 27 to coincide with the band's 25th anniversary. During its tenure, NASUM quickly rose to becom...

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NAPALM DEATH To Tour Europe With BRUJERIA, POWER TRIP

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will join forces with BRUJERIA and POWER TRIP for a headlining tour of Europe, dubbed "Campaign For Musical Destruction". NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway commented: "It's been absurdly long since we did anything resembling a proper European tour....

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'Damn The Machine - The Story Of Noise Records' Book Due In March

Deliberation Press and Iron Pages Books have announced a March 24 English/German language release of "Damn The Machine - The Story Of Noise Records". (German title: "Systemstörung: Die Geschichte Von Noise Records") Authored by American metal journalist David E. Gehlke, the book features cover art b...

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Former MORBID ANGEL Frontman DAVID VINCENT: Signing Pre-Orders Of Country Single Is 'Wearing Me Out'

Former MORBID ANGEL frontman David Vincent will release his debut outlaw country single, "Drinkin' With The Devil", later this month on seven-inch vinyl via Chicken Ranch Records. The song, which features a guest appearance by guitar legend Danny B. Harvey (HEADCAT, WANDA JACKSON, NANCY SINATRA),wa...

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VENOM INC. Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST

VENOM INC., the new band featuring original VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Anthony "Abaddon" Bray (drums) alongside ex-VENOM bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan, has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast. The band's debut album is tentatively due later in the year. VENOM INC. is no...

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KREATOR's 'Gods Of Violence' Tops German Chart

"Gods Of Violence", the new album from German thrash titans KREATOR, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 1. Commented singer, guitarist and main songwriter Mille Petrozza: "Wow! Number One in Germany! What a great day in the history of KREATOR. Words can not des...

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KREATOR's MILLE PETROZZA Cooks His Favorite Vegan Curry (Video)

PETA Deutschland has uploaded a video clip of Miland "Mille" Petrozza of German thrashers KREATOR cooking his favorite vegan curry. Check it out below. Asked by Noisey in a recent interview if people are ever surprised that KREATOR's lead singer is vegan, Mille said: "Not in this day and age, man. T...

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OPETH Guitarist: 'We're Still Metalheads'

Metal Wani's Daniel Jaramillo recently conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if the change in OPETH's musical direction between 2008's "Watershed" and 2011's "Heritage" albums was deliberate or it hap...

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DECADENCE Releases Lyric Videos For All Songs On 'Undergrounder' Album

DECADENCE — the Sweden-based thrash metal quintet fronted by Kitty Saric (a.k.a. Metallic Kitty) — has released lyric videos for all the songs that appear on the band's fifth full-length album, "Undergrounder". Joining Kitty and her songwriting partner of over fifteen years, Kenneth Lantz, on the ne...

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FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY Releases 'Heads Will Hang' Video

New Jersey metal act FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY has debuted a brand new music video for its song "Heads Will Hang". The clip was directed by Max Moore, who has previously worked with CODE ORANGE and OF MICE & MEN. FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY guitarist/producer Will Putney comments: "The concept behind the song/v...

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EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: 'I've Never Watched Any Live Footage Of Anything I've Ever Done'

During an interview with Professional Music Technoology conducted at this year's NAMM show, EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed that he doesn't listen to his own music once it has been written and recorded. "I've never listened to any [of my records]… or watched any live footage of anything...

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THY ART IS MURDER: Pro-Shot Footage Of C.J. MCMAHON's Comeback Performance

Professionally filmed video footage of vocalist C.J. McMahon's comeback performance with Australian extreme metallers THY ART IS MURDER — which took place on January 14 at the Unify festival in Tarwin Meadows, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia — can be seen below. McMahon recently blamed his drug...