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METALLICA's Project With LOU REED: Release Date Announced
According to the official web site of METALLICA's project with legendary singer and former VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman Lou Reed, the musicians' collaborative album will be released on November 1 in North America and one day earlier (October 31) in the rest of the world. METALLICA and Reed reportedly...August 19, 2011
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METALLICA And LOU REED: Official Web Site Launched
The official web site for METALLICA's collaboration with legendary singer and former VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman Lou Reed has been launched at www.loureedmetallica.com. METALLICA and Reed reportedly tapped Dutch photographer, music video and film director Anton Corbijn to take a picture for the cove...August 17, 2011
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Conjure and Command
It is interesting to note how often TOXIC HOLOCAUST gets namedropped as a point of reference in reviews of damn near any album that has any association whatsoever with gnarly old school, punk powered thrash or any review in which DISCHARGE is referenced. There is a good reason for it though, as Joel...July 28, 2011
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Towards the Megalith
These days a reference to INCANTATION's early lordliness is almost insufficient in describing a style of old school death metal that is dank, dark, dirty, and doomed since bands like DEAD CONGREGATION, ENCOFFINATION, and NECROVATION — are you picking up on the whole "tion" theme here? — have not onl...July 28, 2011
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Nekropsalms
What we have here is one of the better AUTOPSY worshippers you'll hear, a sentiment that should be read in complimentary terms. Throw in a little early INCANTATION doom/death and a fresh sense of identity, and you've got yourself and old school death metal rager. Influenced playing alone would mean...July 27, 2011
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NEUROSIS: Classic 'Sovereign' EP To Be Reissued With Bonus Track
For the last 26 years, NEUROSIS have tapped into the elusive wellspring where resonance and dissonance collude, circling emotional poles where nothing is withheld, where the psyche screams for answers to Earth's ancient mysteries Following the recent reissues of some of NEUROSIS' most seminal ground...July 7, 2011
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METALLICA, LOU REED Reportedly Tap Famed Photographer ANTON CORBIJN For Album Cover
METALLICA and legendary singer and former VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman Lou Reed have reportedly tapped Dutch photographer, music video and film director Anton Corbijn to take a picture for the cover of their upcoming collaborative album. According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Corbijn and Ree...July 6, 2011
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Former MANOWAR Guitarist DAVID SHANKLE Joins HOUSE OF HOLLAND
Former MANOWAR guitarist David "The Shred Demon" Shankle has joined HOUSE OF HOLLAND, the band led by vocalist Tommy Holland. Tommy first landed the job as the frontman/lead singer of STEPPENWOLF, early in his early career, following the departure of John Kay. In 1984 in Chicago, after fronting STEP...July 1, 2011
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SLASH Comments On 'Sixth Sense' Star's Addition To Horror Film
Slasher Films, the horror movie production company formed by GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash, has hired Haley Joel Osment to star in a new film called "Wake The Dead". According to Variety, the "Sixth Sense" star will play Victor Franklin, a college student experimenting with rever...July 1, 2011
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LOU REED Says His Collaboration With METALLICA Is 'Maybe The Best Thing Done By Anyone, Ever'
Legendary singer and former VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman Lou Reed recently spoke to New York Magazine about his collaboration with METALLICA on songs he'd written for "Lulu", a theatrical production of stories by German author Frank Wedekind, which is currently running in Berlin. When asked if there...June 29, 2011
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THE CHARIOT's 'Long Live' To Be Released On Vinyl
"Long Live", the latest album from Georgia's THE CHARIOT, will be released on vinyl on August 2. The new 180-gram LP comes with exclusive silk-screened, hand-numbered jackets. Hot Topic will exclusively carry a white version of the vinyl with black spatters, numbered 1 through 1,000. The Good Fight...June 29, 2011
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AUTOPSY, WHIPLASH, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, SKINLAB Part Of SLAUGHTER BY THE WATER Live Stream
The full concert performances and press conferences from the second annual Slaughter By The Water festival which is taking place today (Saturday, June 25) at The Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, California are being streamed via the event's official Ustream page. The festival billing is as follows (in...June 25, 2011
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JUDAS PRIEST: New North American Tour Dates Announced
JUDAS PRIEST will embark on a North American tour in the fall with support from THIN LIZZY and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY. The trek which was announced last month during a press conference at the Renaissance Hotel at Highland and Hollywood in Los Angeles, California will kick off on October 12 in San Anton...June 21, 2011
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METALLICA 'About To Start Writing' New Album, Says Producer RICK RUBIN
Producer Rick Rubin, who is also co-chairman of Columbia Records, tells Billboard.com in a new interview that METALLICA is "about to start writing" material for the follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" album, Rubin's first collaboration with the group. "I had a meeting with [METALLICA drummer] Lars...June 20, 2011
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METALLICA Drummer On LOU REED Collaboration: 'I Don't Think We've Ever Felt This Free'
David Fricke of RollingStone.com spoke to METALLICA and legendary rocker Lou Reed about their new collaborative studio album. The as-yet-untitled CD features 10 songs composed by Reed with significant arrangement contributions by METALLICA and is described by Fricke as "a raging union of [Reed's] 19...June 16, 2011