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ZOROASTER Completes Work On New Album

Thundering power-doom trio ZOROASTER has completed work on its debut full-length, entitled "Dog Magic". The album is set for a September 11, 2007 release date via Terminal Doom / Battle Kommand Records (by way of Southern Lord). Summoned by the mighty sludge of MELVINS, the mysticism of CELTIC FROST...

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Drummer MIKE TERRANA To Release 'The Rhythm Beast - In Session' DVD

To celebrate his 30th anniversary as a professional drummer, acclaimed hard rock/heavy metal drummer Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, AXEL RUDI PELL, METALIUM, RAGE) will release a new DVD, entitled "The Rhythm Beast - In Session", on September 24. Terrana explains: "My reason for making...

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Closer to the Grave

You may need to take a shower after time spent with SPIRITUAL DECAY's "Closer to the Grave". The sound is old school, dirty, and primitive. No light shines in the cavernous world in which the quartet resides. It is not the greatest death metal release I've ever heard, but does have its moments and m...

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DARKANE/THE DEFACED Guitarist's Band HYSTE'RIAH: 1987 Demo Available for Download

The 1987 "Attempt the Life" demo cassette by Swedish thrashers HYSTE'RIAH has been made available for download at the Bang! Bang! metal demo blog. According to the blog post, the members of HYSTE'RIAH were "fluid, supple thrash masters with the weirdest vocals this side of early BATHORY. Small surpr...

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Room Full of Sinners

If New Jersey was ever gonna be used as an adjective, for anything besides bricks of dried toxic swamp gunk, it'd have to be busted out for THE CURSED. The prime movers in this side project are former HADES and NON-FICTION axeman Dan Lorenzo and inimitable OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth,...

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Save Yourself

NORA is celebrating its 10th anniversary and "Save Yourself" is the first album I've heard. It is not all that surprising though when you consider the sheer number of Trustkill-type hardcore/metalcore bands that have been saturating the scene for years now. However, on "Save Yourself" (and presumabl...

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MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER: 'Dry The River' Video To Receive 'Headbanger's Ball' Debut

Hard-hitting Birmingham, AL band MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER's video for the song "Dry the River" will make its MTV2 premiere this Saturday as part of the network's "Headbanger's Ball" program. Still shots from the much-talked-about video have been posted online at this location. The conceptual...

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ATREYU To Film 'Becoming The Bull' Video

ATREYU has reportedly tapped Kevin Kerslake (THE USED, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) to direct the video for its new single, "Becoming the Bull". The song comes off the group's new album, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor", due on August 28 via Hollywood Records. The band will be previewing select songs from the hi...

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EXHUMED Frontman Issues Update On Side-Projects

EXHUMED vocalist/guitarist Matt Harvey has issued the following update: "No, nothing's happening with EXHUMED at the moment, but I'm staying busy, mostly with work and moving, but also lots of music shit going on. The new DEKAPITATOR album, 'The Storm Before The Calm', is just about to burst onto th...

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URKRAFT Track Featured In Danish Animated Film

Danish death metal lords URKRAFT will have a track from their 2006 release "The Inhuman Aberration" featured in an upcoming novella film produced by Danish director Anders Morgenthaler. The song "Too Strong for the Strongest Lord" will be used in the animation, inspired by MTV's "Jackass", which por...

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AIRBOURNE Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE. Forming a genuine brand of fist-pumping, beer-slinging rock 'n' roll, AIRBOURNE have established a respectable name for themselves in their native country. Although still very young, the band sonically tears pages fro...

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Dödsvisioner

This is not your father's black metal. Pär Gustafsson — the heart, soul, and mind of BERGRAVEN — has opened up the floodgates of creativity to bring you "Dödsvisioner". The album is a dark and oppressive (though not so much depressing in, say, a XASTHUR sense) and penetratingly dynamic work of what...

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ISOLE Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

Swedish band ISOLE has inked a deal with Napalm Records. The group's new album will be recorded in July at their own Studio Apocalypse for a January 2008 release. According to a press release, ISOLE is "working with clean vocals, slo-mo grooves, and melodies in the minor keys to achieve a dark atmos...

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ATREYU: New Album Details Revealed

Pioneering metallic rock band ATREYU has announced an August 28 release date for its Hollywood Records debut, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor". The band will be previewing select songs from the highly anticipated album during the upcoming Family Values Tour, which launches July 20 in Maryland Heights, Miss...

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KARMIC LINK Signs With LUCRETIA RECORDS

KARMIC LINK, the new band featuring Stathis Cassios (former keyboard player for Sweden's SYSTEM SHOCK and Greece's NIGHTFALL),has inked a deal with Lucretia Records. The group's debut album, "No Light but Rather Darkness Visible", was mixed and mastered at Tico Tico studios (SENTENCED, IMPALED NAZA...