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Full Circle
It is difficult not to feel for a band that lost a member in Dave Williams so tragically, especially after such a rapid ascendancy to the top of the modern hard rock world with "Sinner". Replacing a singer with Williams' all-around presence is a near impossibility and though I've not heard sophomore...August 11, 2007
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Rise of the Infidels
Usually, when a vault-scouring collection like this burbles to the surface, you can figure out exactly who in the band was behind on a few truck payments and needed to get something released quick. But with the seemingly irreparable schism between S.O.D. members Scott Ian and Billy Milano, it's toug...August 11, 2007
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TROUBLE Drummer Auctioning GIBSON Guitar
TROUBLE/RETRO GRAVE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson has issued the following update: "I have decided to sell my 1977 Gibson SG on eBay. It's 30 years old and I've decided to let it go. After all, I'm a drummer. Bidding has just begun today and is currently at $500. This will only be a three-day auction." ....August 10, 2007
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NO SOULS LOST Signs With OPEN GRAVE RECORDS
Open Grave Records has announced the signing of Texas-based death metal act NO SOULS LOST. NO SOULS LOST formed in 2005 and quickly became a force to be reckoned with. The band, made up of ex-members of PROPHECY, VITALITY and AVERSION TO LIFE, issued an EP titled "These Dead Years" via Moshpit Trage...August 9, 2007
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THE PROJECT HATE: 'In Hora Mortis Nostræ' Release Date Announced
THE PROJECT HATE — the Swedish band featuring vocalist Jörgen Sandström (ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE),guitarist Lord K. Philipson (GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),bassist Michael Håkansson (ENGEL, ex-EVERGREY),guitarist Petter S. Freed (2 TON PREDATOR),singer Jo Enckell (IGNORANCE BLISS) and drummer Dani...August 9, 2007
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Ukraine's EXTREME POWER OPEN AIR Festival Cancelled
The Extreme Power Open Air festival — which was scheduled to be held September 15 in Kiev, Ukraine (featuring performances by KREATOR, HATESPHERE, SICK OF IT ALL, GRAVE DIGGER, PRO-PAIN and ILLDISPOSED) — has been cancelled. The festival organizer has issued the following statement explaining the ca...August 8, 2007
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PRIMORDIAL To Release New Album In November
Vocalist Nemtheanga of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has posted the following update on the group's official web site: "So the battle is half over….the [new PRIMORDIAL] album remains only to have the lion's share of vocals done and then mixed and mastered. The projected release date is in...August 7, 2007
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INCINERATION To Record New Material
St. Louis, Missouri-based extreme metal band INCINERATION (formerly UNBURIED) has issued the following update: "We've been re-working some old songs and writing new ones, with our new guitarist, Olin. He adds a whole new thing to the music. We're going to get back into the studio at the end of this...August 7, 2007
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MORTIFICATION: Australian Shows Announced
Australia-based Christian death metallers MORTIFICATION have scheduled two shows in their home country prior to the band's European tour: Sep. 29 - Black Stump Festival - Appin, NSW Oct. 05 - Pelly Bar/Pier Hotel - Frankston, VIC (with SCOURGED FLESH, FEARSCAPE, GRAVE FORSAKEN) MORTIFICATION recentl...August 6, 2007
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EXTERMINANCE: 'Vomiting The Trinity' CD Delayed
Cumberland, Maryland-based grindcore/metal act EXTERMINANCE has issued the following update: "The band has been writing and recording new music with longtime EXTERMINANCE drummer John Machin. John joined the band originally in 1992 and played on every track from the recently released 'Vomiting the T...August 6, 2007
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TROUBLE Drummer's Rearrangement Of 'Run To The Light' Moving Along 'Very Well'
TROUBLE/RETRO GRAVE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson has issued the following update: "I'm excited to say that my rearrangement of TROUBLE's 'Run To The Light' (Metal Blade, 1987) is moving along very well and I'm sure that the doom metal fans will be very pleased with the guests appearances on the album, t...August 5, 2007
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HELLWITCH: New Album Recordings Postponed
Florida's death/thrashers HELLWITCH, one of the oldest and most legendary extreme metal bands, will begin begin pre-production for their sophomore album much later than previously announced. The group is now scheduled to start work on the CD, tentatively titled "Mythological Lies...Enlightened Pagan...August 4, 2007
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ENTOMBED Frontman: 'We're A Metal Band, And We'll Always Be'
ENTOMBED vocalist L.G. Petrov, in the second of two interviews (read the first at this location),recently spoke to Lucem Fero's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the circumstances surrounding the departure of guitarist Uffe Cederlund (current DISFEAR guitarist),the in...August 4, 2007
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GORGOROTH Off Germany's HELLFLAME Festival, SHINING Steps In
The organizers of Germany's Hellflame festival have removed Norway's GORGOROTH from the billing of this year's event, set to take place September 8 at N8 in Osnabrück. Replacing them at the festival will be Swedish black metallers SHINING. The lineup is now as follows: DESTRUCTION BENEDICTION GRAVE...August 4, 2007
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DAMNATION, INFAMY Confirmed For GATHERING OF THE BESTIAL LEGION III Festival
DAMNATION and INFAMY have been confirmed for the Gathering of the Bestial Legion III festival, set to take place August 19, 2007 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. More than 20 death/black metal acts will perform on three stages. Bands confirmed so far are as follows: ACHERON DAMNATIO...August 4, 2007
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