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CRADLE OF FILTH Comments On Abbreviated BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Performance

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH were forced to cut their set short this past Saturday night (August 15) at the Bloodstock Open Air festival in Derbyshire, England after guitarist Paul Allender was hit by an object thrown by a member of the audience, resulting in Paul being unable to finish...

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SOIL 'Wanted To Move In More Of A Clean, Classic-Rock Style' For New Album Artwork

Stephen Jensen, the art director, photographer, and graphic designer and founder of F3 Studios in Crystal Lake, Illinois, created the cover artwork for "Picture Perfect", the new album from Chicago heavy rockers SOIL. Regarding how the design for the new CD was conceived, a posting on the F3 web sit...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: 'Addicted' Details Revealed

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) is preparing to release "Addicted", the second in a series of albums to be made available under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker. Commented Townsend: "With 'Ki' [the first DEVIN TOWNSEND PRO...

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NEVERMORE's WILLIAMS Completes Drum Tracks For New Album

NEVERMORE's Van Williams has finished recording the drums for the band's new album, "The Obsidian Conspiracy", in the group's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "Praises to the War Machine"). The rest...

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EXODUS' GARY HOLT Makes The Switch To SCHECTER Guitars

Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS has issued the following update: "First off, I'd like to announce that after six years or so have parted ways with Bernie Rico Jr. guitars. Bernie has been awesome, and I have nothing but thanks for all he's done and they awesome gu...

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Eyewitness: CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist Could Have Been Killed

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH were forced to cut their set short last night (Saturday, August 15) at the Bloodstock Open Air festival in Derbyshire, England after guitarist Paul Allender was hit by an object thrown by a member of the audience, resulting in Paul being unable to finish the...

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MUSHROOMHEAD: New Video Interview Posted Online

Gigz Giger of Rock Circus conducted an interview with Gravy (guitar) and Stitch (samples) of Ohio's MUSHROOMHEAD at the Burgettstown, Pennsylvania stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on August 1, 2009. The chat can now be viewed in three parts below. MUSHROOMHEAD entered the Fi...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Calls It Quits

Long-running hard-rock/industrial act AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE is hanging up its hat and disbanding. Citing singer Cameron Heacock's "inability to continue on a musical career path," the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based group is changing its name and beginning the audition process for a new vocalist. The no...

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NEVERMORE Guitarist Says New Material Is 'A Little Bit More Wide Open Musically'

The German edition of Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The chat can now be viewed at this location. When asked if his instrumental solo album, "Zero O...

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Death... The Brutal Way

Anyone who came up in the early 1990s death metal scene and was paying attention knows the place of honor that ASPHYX hold. "The Rack" stands alongside "Left Hand Path", "Cause of Death" and a select few other indisputably classic band- and genre-defining albums. These groups took what was thought t...

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The Final Conflict: Last Days of God

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the… Holy shit! ACHERON is back! This can't be good for Christianity. It never is. "The Final Conflict: Last Days of God" comes out in celebration of two decades of ACHERON's Satanic death metal, as led by founder/vocalist/bassist/anti-Christian propagandist,...

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NEVERMORE: First Footage From The Studio Posted Online

NEVERMORE's Van Williams entered a studio on August 7 in the band's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "Praises to the War Machine") to begin recording the drums for the band's new...

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DISMEMBER Bassist To Perform With GRAVE At Finland's FINN HITS Festival

DISMEMBER's Tobias Cristiansson will play bass for fellow Swedish death metallers GRAVE at the Finn Hits festival, set to take place August 14-15, 2009 in Pori, Finland. Commented Cristiansson: "Once again I will have the pleasure to play bass with the mighty GRAVE! "Fredrik Isaksson is busy playing...

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BURNING HUMAN's 'Tormented Mind' Video 'Too Violent' For MTV2's 'Headbangers Ball'

"Tormented Mind", the "controversial" new music video from BURNING HUMAN — the resurrected death metal band featuring SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner — was reportedly "banned" by MTV2's "Headbangers Ball" for being "too violent" for airing. Commented guitarist Mike Stack: "As much as we love 'Hea...

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CRYSTAL VIPER In A Fantasy World

Polish female-fronted "true heavy metal" act CRYSTAL VIPER will record the title song to the most anticipated role-playing/dark fantasy game of the year, which will have its premiere at the biggest European games convention in Essen, Germany. The track, which will feature lyrics written by producer...