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Ithyphallic

How does NILE do it? Album after album is a death metal whirlwind, a masterpiece of Egyptian sounds and mythology, the riffs otherworldly and never matched, the guitar tone sharp and biting, and the arrangements ridiculously complex, yet oddly accessibly. "Ithyphallic", the band's fifth album and fi...

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Doomsday X

A master of juggling ever-changing band lineups, guitarist Phil Fasciana has been steering the MALEVOLENT CREATION ship since the late '80s, almost always managing to give the fans the best his band has to offer. After vocalist Brett Hoffman unceremoniously left the fold for the second time, Phil en...

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BEHOLD…THE ARCTOPUS, SLEEP TERROR Confirmed For Next Year's MARYLAND DEATHFEST

More bands have been announced for next year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 24-25, 2008 at the Sonar in Baltimore, MD. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BEHOLD…THE ARCTOPUS (New York) COFFINS (Japan) DEFEATIST (New York) DERANGED (Sweden) DISAVOWED (Netherlands) ENGORGED (O...

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ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY Concerts To Feature Famed Cello Player ANDREW SHULMAN

One of the world's leading cello players and classical conductors, Andrew Shulman, will participate in Uli Jon Roth's Sky Academy concerts this year. ULI JON ROTH & FRIENDS will also perform one of Andrew's compositions, which is going to feature Andrew on electric cello and Uli on guitar. Accor...

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DIVINE HERESY: 'Bleed The Fifth' Track Listing, Artwork Unveiled

DIVINE HERESY — the new Los Angeles-based band featuring former FEAR FACTORY/current ASESINO guitarist Dino Cazares alongside drummer Tim Yeung (ex-VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL),vocalist Tommy Cummings (VEXT) amd bassist Joe Payne (ex-NILE, DOMINATION THROUGH IMPURITY, LUST OF DECAY) — has finalized...

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DIVINE HERESY: 'Failed Creation' Track Available For Free Download

"Failed Creation", a full-length MP3 from DIVINE HERESY — the new Los Angeles-based band featuring former FEAR FACTORY/current ASESINO guitarist Dino Cazares alongside drummer Tim Yeung (ex-VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL),vocalist Tommy Cummings (VEXT) amd bassist Joe Payne (ex-NILE, DOMINATION THROUG...

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DIVINE HERESY: Audio Interview With TOMMY CUMMINGS Available

Rock 247 Online recently conducted an interview with DIVINE HERESY frontman Tommy Cummings. Listen to the eight-minute chat at this location. DIVINE HERESY is the new Los Angeles-based band featuring former FEAR FACTORY/current ASESINO guitarist Dino Cazares alongside drummer Tim Yeung (ex-VITAL REM...

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ATHEIST Drummer's GNOSTIC To Record Debut CD In September

GNOSTIC, the Atlanta, Georgia-based band featuring original ATHEIST drummer Steve Flynn alongside Chris Baker and Sonny Carson (who handled the guitar duties on the ATHEIST reunion tour this past year),will record its debut CD at Ledbelly Studios in Atlanta September 22-29. The group, which is roun...

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MORTAL SIN Signs With RIOT ENTERTAINMENT

Reactivated Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN have inked a deal with Riot Entertainment. The group's new album, "An Absence of Faith", will be released later in the year. With such an illustrious past stretching back to 1986 beginning with their debut album "Mayhemic Destruction" and the follow-up "Fa...

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ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY: More Guests Announced

Ule W. Ritgen, Piero Leporale, Richie Onori, Andrew Shulman and George Bellas are among the newly confirmed guests for this year's Uli Jon Roth Sky Academy seminar and concerts. Set to take place August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, the concept of Sky Academy was conceived by Uli. He...

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DIVINE HERESY Recruits Former NILE Bassist

DIVINE HERESY, the new Los Angeles-based band featuring former FEAR FACTORY/current ASESINO guitarist Dino Cazares alongside drummer Tim Yeung (ex-VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) and Tommy Cummings (VEXT) on vocals, has recruited bassist Joe Payne (ex-NILE, DOMINATION THROUGH IMPURITY, LUST OF DECAY)....

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THE OLD DEAD TREE: New Album Track Listing, Cover Artwork Revealed

Parisian goth metallers THE OLD DEAD TREE have returned from Stage One Studio in Germany, where producer Andy Classen recently finished recording, mixing and mastering the band's latest opus, "The Water Fields". Speaking about the new CD, vocalist/guitarist Manuel stated, "The band went further agai...

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DARKANE/THE DEFACED Guitarist's Band HYSTE'RIAH: 1987 Demo Available for Download

The 1987 "Attempt the Life" demo cassette by Swedish thrashers HYSTE'RIAH has been made available for download at the Bang! Bang! metal demo blog. According to the blog post, the members of HYSTE'RIAH were "fluid, supple thrash masters with the weirdest vocals this side of early BATHORY. Small surpr...

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MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, THROWDOWN, SANCTITY: More Tour Dates Announced

MACHINE HEAD and ARCH ENEMY will team up for "The Black Tyranny Tour" beginning in early September. Support on the trek will come from THROWDOWN and SANCTITY. MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn states: "Man, it's just an endless stream of good news here in MACHINE HEAD-land, we are so fucking stoked t...

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EPHEL DUATH Begins Work On New Album

Italian experimental jazz metallers EPHEL DUATH have begun work on a new album to be released in 2008. The CD, entitled "Through My Dog's Eyes", will be a concept album in which a dog depicts his vision of various aspects of life, from casual things like nightmares or walks to deeper issues such as...