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DRAGONLORD Added To Japan's THRASH DOMINATION Festival

DRAGONLORD — the San Francisco-based black metal band featuring Eric Peterson (guitar, vocals; TESTAMENT),Gian Pyres (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH),Derrick Ramirez (bass),Lyle Livingstone (keys) and Jon Allen (drums; SADUS, ex-TESTAMENT) — have been added to the upcoming Thrash Domination 2006 two-...

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DEATH ANGEL Announce Hometown Gig

San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have added a hometown gig to their current itinerary. Tickets for the concert, which will take place on August 26 at Slim's, go on sale this Sunday, May 7. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jun. 09 - Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA (w/ HOSTILI...

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VENOM, DEATH ANGEL, SODOM, ONSLAUGHT To Team Up For THRASH DOMINATION

VENOM, DEATH ANGEL, SODOM and ONSLAUGHT will be teaming up for the Thrash Domination 2006 two-day mini-festival run on September 16-17 at Club Citta in Tokyo, Japan. VENOM's new album, "Metal Black", was released in North America on April 4 via Sanctuary Records. The CD was mixed at the Townhouse St...

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Invaders

A few years after someone, somewhere, thought stoner rock was gonna be the next big thing, a younger and hipper-looking contingent came along and decided trucker caps, three-quarter-sleeve baseball jersey shirts, and velvet blacklight posters were pretty cool after all. Some old-schoolers got caught...

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Kalas

A bruising slab of ponderous metal riffing from this San Franciscan supergroup, helmed by Matt Pike (HIGH ON FIRE, SLEEP) on vocals. The band's aesthetic is uniformly slow, plodding, dirty and dirge-y, Pike yowling quasi-tunefully over pork-fisted riffs and thudding rhythms. The effect is somewhere...

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Canadian Church Fire Linked To Norwegian Black Metal Movement

Dean Pritchard of the Winnipeg Sun has issued the following report: A fire that destroyed a 105-year-old church in Minnedosa last winter was not an isolated act of arson, but part of an international movement with links to a Norwegian "death metal" musician, say justice officials. The disturbing rev...

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MEAT PUPPETS Reunion To Feature PRIMUS Drummer

Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that for the first time in more than a decade, Curt and Cris Kirkwood will work together on a new album by influential rock act MEAT PUPPETS. The sibling duo will soon begin rehearsing new material as a precursor to hitting the studio. "I've got the album ...

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SODOM, JON OLIVA'S PAIN Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

SODOM and JON OLIVA'S PAIN have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANNIHILATOR ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM CALIBAN COMMUNIC DEATHSTARS DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER EDGUY E...

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GREAT WHITE: Families Of Fire Victims To Speak At Tour Manager's Sentencing

The Associated Press has issued the following report: James Gahan III still does not know what he plans to say at the sentencing of Daniel Biechele, the man whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed Gahan's 21-year-old son, Jimmy, and 99 other people. He wants his words to be lasting a...

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TUSKA FESTIVAL To Raise Funds For LORDI's EUROVISION Pyros

Finland's premier metal festival, Tuska Open Air Metal Festival (taking place June 30 – July 2, 2006 in Kaisaniemi, Helsinki) has decided to take action in assisting Finland's controversial Eurovision song contest participants LORDI with unrealistic pyrotechnics expenses. Although LORDI representing...

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Former DEATH, MASSACRE, NASTY SAVAGE Members Join Forces In DENIAL FIEND

Former DEATH/MASSACRE members Kam Lee (vocals) and Terry Butler (bass; also in SIX FEET UNDER) have joined forces with ex-NASTY SAVAGE drummer Curtis Beeson and former DOWN BY LAW guitarist Sam Williams in a brand new Tampa, Florida-based band called DENIAL FIEND. According to the group's official b...

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CASEY CHAOS: 'I Would Jump At Doing' Another SCUM Album

Dr. Abner Mality of the Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently conducted an interview with AMEN/SCUM frontman Casey Chaos. An excerpt from the chat follows: Wormwood Chronicles: Moving on to the lyrics of SCUM...are they totally nihilistic or is there some kind of hope buried in there? Casey: "This re...

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VENOM: More London Live Photos Posted Online

British black metal pioneers VENOM have uploaded more photos from their March 25, 2006 concert at the Mean Fiddler in London. Check them out at this location. VENOM's new album, "Metal Black", was released in North America on April 4 via Sanctuary Records. The CD was mixed at the Townhouse Studios i...

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VENOM Frontman Says Relationship With Former Bandmates Is 'Only Business'

Pit magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant. An excerpt from the chat follows: Pit: The second half of the nineties saw the original VENOM lineup reunite. You managed to record a new studio album, "Cast In Stone", but the reunion tour only lasted...

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SATANIC SLAUGHTER Leader Passes Away

According to Tartarean Desire, Ztephan Dark — band leader and founder of the Swedish black metal act SATANIC SLAUGHTER — has sadly passed away due to a serious heart condition. Ztephan Dark formed SATANIC SLAUGHTER in 1985, inspired by bands like VENOM, BATHORY, KREATOR, SODOM and DESTRUCTION, and d...