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'SPV- 25 & Alive' Compilation Due This Month

SPV Records has set an October 30 German reelase date (November 2 in the rest of Europe) for "SPV- 25 & Alive", a special sampler for a special year. In 1984, SPV and Steamhammer were founded. Steamhammer immediately signed two influential bands — SODOM and DESTRUCTION — and SPV finalized distri...

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HATCHET Parts Ways With Singer

San Francisco Bay Area's HATCHET has issued the following update: "We are safe and sound now back home in the San Francisco Bay area. After a six-week full U.S. tour that spanned the entire country, we returned home to an eager, vigorous crowd on October 16 at 924 Gilman with tour mates HAVOK, as we...

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BEHOLDER To Release 'The Awakening' In December

BEHOLDER, the band led by Simon Hall, former lead singer of NWOBHM legends HANDSOME BEASTS, will release its new album, "The Awakening", on December 1. With over 70 minutes of "full-on sonic offerings and melodic sensibilities, this album has already been hailed as a welcome return to the true spiri...

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MUSTAINE: '10 Million People' Think I Should Have Been Inducted Into ROCK HALL With METALLICA

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was recently interviewed by Cindy Scull of the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On MEGADETH's new album, "Endgame": Dave Mustaine: "'Endgame' was a record that we started... Some of the riffs I...

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HATCHET To Introduce New Lineup On U.S. Tour

San Francisco Bay Area's HATCHET will embark on its first U.S. tour this year on Friday, September 4 at Thee Parkside in San Francisco. Denver's HAVOK will accompany HATCHET on the trek, with Bay Area bands BROCAS HELM and LACERATION also appearing at the San Francisco show. The six-week tour will c...

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Former MASSACRE Frontman KAM LEE Talks About BONE GNAWER Project; Audio Available

Anthony Chowanec of All Metal Music recently conducted an interview with the former MASSACRE/DEATH frontman Kam Lee about his BONE GNAWER project, which also features Rogga Johansson from PAGANIZER/RIBSPREADER, Morgan Lie from NAGLFAR/HATE AMMO and Ronnie Bjornstrom of RIBSPREADER/HATE AMMO. The cha...

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Infini

With the death of beloved VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'amour, the world lost one of its most visionary axemen. Honoring one of his last requests, his bandmates retrieved files full of riffing from his laptop, and painstakingly cobbled songs together from the raw, unfinished guitar tracks. Anyone...

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Feast of Flesh

I guess I've not been paying attention to Kam Lee's (ex-MANTAS/DEATH, MASSACRE, ex-DENIAL FIEND) whereabouts since he left DENIAL FIEND. Having not read any biographical/press information on BONE GNAWER's "Feast of Flesh", I began playing the CD and thought, "Wow, this is good stuff and it reminds m...

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VINCE NEIL's Rival Managers Bury The Hatchet

NashvillePost.com reports that the lead singer of MÖTLEY CRÜE and two business managers long associated with the heavy metal band have settled their legal differences, according to a filing entered on July 17 in Nashville's U.S. District Court. Burt Stein, who heads the Nashville office of the major...

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OBITUARY Drummer: 'Don't Listen To Some Dude At A Record Label Behind A Desk'

Shaxul Records recently conducted an interview with drummer Donald Tardy of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Shaxul: You and Travor [Peres, guitar] have quite epic beards growing lately. Did you both sit down one day and say "let's grow some beards, man?"...

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BONE GNAWER: Entire Debut ALbum Available For Streaming

BONE GNAWER, the Swedish-American collaboration featuring MASSACRE/ex-DENIAL FIEND growler Kam Lee, Rogga Johansson from PAGANIZER/RIBSPREADER, Morgan Lie from NAGLFAR/HATE AMMO and Ronnie Bjornstrom of RIBSPREADER/HATE AMMO, will release its debut album, entitled "Feast Of Flesh", in June via Pulve...

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Former ACCEPT Guitarist To Guest On 'Hair Metal Haven'

Herman Frank, former guitarist of ACCEPT and co-founder of the internationally, highly acclaimed bands VICTORY and MOON'DOC, will be interviewed on U.K.'s "Hair Metal Haven" radio show on Saturday, May 2 between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (U.K. time). Visit www.phoenixradio.co.uk to tune in. Herman Fra...

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SEVERE TORTURE Working On New Material

Dutch brutal death metallers SEVERE TORTURE have started the writing process for their next album, the follow-up to 2007's "Sworn Vengeance". Commented SEVERE TORTURE bassist Patrick Boleij: "We've actually been working our asses off, writing the finest death metal tunes possible. We have about six...

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DEATH ANGEL Guitarist Joins SCARECROW

After last year's departure of original guitarist/singer Matt Harvey, San Francisco thrashers SCARECROW have recruited the talents of Ted Aguilar (DEATH ANGEL) on guitar and ex-HATCHET frontman Marcus Kirchen on vocals. The lineup is rounded out by original members Bud Burke (EXHUMED) on lead guitar...

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FREEDOM CALL Putting Finishing Touches On New Album; New Bassist Announced

German metallers FREEDOM CALL, whose current lineup includes GAMMA RAY drummer Daniel Zimmermann, are putting the finishing touches on their new album, tentatively titled "Legend Of The Shadowking", for an August/September release. According to the band, "The basis of concept is an aristocratic pers...