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Dimensions
That rumbling sound you hear is the onrushing freight train of hype that'll be dumped on the United States in the near future, as Australian sensations WOLFMOTHER make their belated way to our shores. Already bigger than big down under, this lean, mean power trio could actually bridge the gap betwee...February 6, 2006
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OZZY OSBOURNE Stars In U.K.'s 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' Campaign
U.K.'s Checkout magazine is reporting that Unilever UK Foods is launching a TV campaign for its "I can't believe it's not Butter" brand featuring Ozzy Osbourne and impersonator Jon Culshaw. The 7-million-pound campaign goes live this month and is designed to support the relaunch of the product, whic...February 3, 2006
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THE INBREDS To Record New EP
Anticulture Records stoner metal kings THE INBREDS are preparing to enter the studio to record follow-up material to 2004's "Groove Drenched Warfare". Bexley's favourite alcoholics will be recording six brand new booze fuelled songs at Resident Studios, North London, from February 17 until February...February 2, 2006
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The Garden of Unearthly Delights
Some things in life, you can depend on. A CATHEDRAL album is usually one of them. Dave Patchett art, Lee Dorrian's mad warble, delightfully silly movie samples, and most importantly, lurching, fetid SAB grooves grinding in first gear across the English countryside in varying degrees of doominess. Th...January 30, 2006
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MANOWAR To Release New Single, Full-Length Album
MANOWAR will relerase a brand new single, "The Sons Of Odin", on February 27, 2006. This 10-minute epic, in classic true metal style, sets the perfect tone for the impending release of the yet-untitled full-length album, scheduled for April 3, 2006. Entitled "The Sons Of Odin", the upcoming CD will...January 19, 2006
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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Begin Work On First Studio Album In Six Years
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES frontman Mike Muir has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We're happy to let you know that our good friend and someone that talent wise and as a person we all highly respect, Paul Northfield [producer], has flown back into town and work has started on...January 16, 2006
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Maleficus
In a world where straight-up death metal seems to be on a race to blast-beating oblivion, it takes dedication to stick doggedly with a rhythmic, midtempo, song-oriented style. Perhaps this is why, despite ten years of persistence in the underground and props from fellow metal travelers, this America...January 16, 2006
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Wake Pig
Not (thank the gods) the '80s delete-bin staple featuring ELP alumni Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, this 3 is in fact a weird, proggy upstate New York band that pals around with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and gets compared to THE MARS VOLTA. Fans of either of these groups, PORCUPINE TREE, or the late and la...January 9, 2006
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Come Clarity
After the musical brilliance and Swedish might of IN FLAMES' "Colony" and "Clayman", it would have been damn near impossible for future albums to measure up. Initially unsure of "Reroute to Remain", the infinitely more melodic follow-up to "Clayman" ultimately hooked me and I ended up enjoying it im...January 2, 2006
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Age of Winters
How much more self-conscious orc rock can you fit into your Viking helmet? Not to be confused with the half-decent Canuck '80s metal outfit of "Metalized" and "Sweet Dreams" fame, these guys are an altogether more unwashed and skunk-weed-reeking prospect. Tumbling down thirdhand from SABBATH's loins...January 2, 2006
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Fuck the Universe
Having just reviewed HAEMOTH's "Kontamination", it is difficult to avoid comparing and contrasting it with CRAFT's "Fuck the Universe", at least to some extent. It is not as though the two discs sit on opposite ends of the spectrum The common denominator is one of quality black metal that emanates f...January 2, 2006
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Out Loud
"Out Loud" by Slovenia's NAIO SSAION seems to be Napalm Records' attempt to make a big splash in the modern rock/pop world. If you're looking for a review of an album representative of the label's more gothic-folk-metal catalogue, look elsewhere (the band's violin-driven folk slivers notwithstanding...January 2, 2006
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Time Machine
Everyone outside the U.S. is probably thinking we're smoking some high-grade Yankee crack over here at HQ right about now — after all, "Time Machine" was released in Europe in early 2004, and AXXIS has a new album coming out this month. What gives with the late review? Well, Locomotive Music is rele...January 2, 2006
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Heralding: The Fireblade
A refreshing change of pace and a melodically pleasing experience, FALKENBACH's fourth album, "Heralding: The Fire Blade" proves yet again (to me anyway) how a folk music core can be so eloquently intertwined with metal when the right mind is put to work creating the combination. It is the mind of V...December 26, 2005
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World of Lies
My last memory of Australia's THE BERZERKER is seeing them perform with ORIGIN, VADER, and IMMOLATION a couple of years ago. I recall being intrigued by the masked madmen, but not all that moved with the music itself, though I did find some redeeming value in the forceful, samples-laden approach. Ad...December 19, 2005
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