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Kata Ton Demona Eaftou

In case you failed to notice, one of the longest and most consistently exciting careers in extreme metal belongs to ROTTING CHRIST: the Greek institution founded and run since 1988 by vocalist/guitarist/mastermind Sakis Tolis with a little help from his drum-pounding brother, Themis, and too many te...

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Dutch prog rockers FOCUS may not be the first ensemble that leaps to mind when discussing the genre, just like NEKTAR, GENTLE GIANT and TANGERINE DREAM ominously seem to get cut from the thread once folks get stuck on immediate notables such as YES, EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER, THE MOODY BLUES, KING CR...

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The Moles of a Dying Race

BLUE ASIDE's introductory EP from 2010, "The Orange Tree", showed promising musical glimpses from a band as creatively indebted to BLACK SABBATH as PINK FLOYD, but possessed of enough common sense to combine the two into novel shapes, the better to erect imposing monuments of mesmerizing space doom....

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Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Musicians React To Passing Of DEFTONES Bassist

A number of hard rock and heavy metal musicians have taken to Twitter in response to the news that Chi Cheng, the bassist for the DEFTONES, died yesterday at the age of 42. Chi had been in a semi-comatose state for more than four years after being seriously injured in a car accident in November ...

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HATE Bassist Suffered Cardiac Arrhythmia, Says Autopsy Report

Bassist Slawomir "Mortifer" Archangielskij of Polish extreme metallers HATE died in his sleep on April 6 after suffering from a cardiac arrhythmia. The 27-year-old suffered from an irregular heartbeat and died of natural causes, according to a posting on the band's Facebook page. The group adds: "It...

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MACHINE HEAD Celebrates 10 Years With PHIL DEMMEL

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD are celebrating the tenth anniversary of guitarist Phil Demmel becoming an official member of the band. Demmel joined MACHINE HEAD a decade after his previous band, VIO-LENCE, broke up; VIO-LENCE being the band that he and Rob Flynn, MACHINE HEAD's lead...

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KADAVAR: Entire 'Abra Kadavar' Album Available For Streaming

"Abra Kadavar", the second full-length album from German psychedelic hard rockers KADAVAR, is available fo streaming in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below (courtesy of Classic Rock magazine). The CD is being released in Europe today (Friday, April 12) via Nuclear Blast Records. "Abra Kad...

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MEGADETH: 'Super Collider' Cover Artwork Unveiled; Audio Snippet Of New Song Available

The cover artwork for MEGADETH's new album, "Super Collider", can be seen below. The CD is scheduled for a June 4 release via MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, which is distributed by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). Horn player Bob Findley — who previously appeared on the tr...

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IMMOLATION: Another New Song Available For Streaming

New York death metal veterans IMMOLATION will release their ninth full-length album, "Kingdom Of Conspiracy", on May 14 in North America, both digitally and physically, via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2010's "Majesty And Decay" was recorded at Sound Studios in Millbrook, New York with lo...

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DEMON LUNG's Full-Length Debut To Be Released In June

Candlelight Records has set a June 4 North American release date for "The Hundredth Name", the full-length debut from Las Vegas-based epic doom band DEMON LUNG. The eight-song album was recorded with Adam Myatt and Billy Anderson (NEUROSIS, THE MELVINS, SLEEP) and features artwork by English illustr...

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DEE SNIDER Remembers Late IRON MAIDEN Drummer CLIVE BURR In New Audio Interview

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. Asked to share his memories of late IRON MAIDEN drummer Clive Burr, with whom Dee worked in the late 1980s, Snider said: "Clive Burr and...

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HATE: Quality Video Footage Of One Of MORTIFER's Final Performances

Quality video footage of HATE's March 31 performance at Effenaar in Eindhoven, The Netherlands can be seen below (courtesy of "letthedeathmetalflow"). As previously reported, HATE bassist Slawomir "Mortifer" Archangielskij was found the night of April 5-6 near the German town of Munchberg. The remai...

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'Lullaby Versions' Of GUNS N' ROSES Due This Month

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star, the company which creates "beautiful lullaby versions of your favorite artists," will release "Lullaby Versions Of Guns N' Roses" on April 30 via Roma Music Group. "Lullaby Versions Of Guns N' Roses" track listing: 01. Sweet Child O' Mine 02. Don't Cry 03. Welcome T...

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HATE Bassist Found Dead; Band Cancels Remaining Shows

Polish extreme metallers HATE have released the following statement: "[During the] night [of] April 5-6 near the German town of Munchberg, our friend, best comrade and longtime bass player unexpectedly passed away. After the show in Stuttgart last night, he went to sleep and never woke up. We found...

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AMARANTHE: 'The Nexus' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Nexus", the sophomore album from Swedish melodic metallers AMARANTHE, sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 12 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists,...