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TAAKE Frontman Is Once Again A Free Man

According to a posting on TAAKE's official web site, the group's frontman, Hoest, is once again a free man after serving a prison sentence for undisclosed offenses. Commented Hoest: "There's been a lot of rumors and misunderstandings lately, so to make things a bit more clear: This was my third inca...

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HIGH ON FIRE: 2005 Live Footage Posted Online

Ignore Entertainment has posted a video clip of HIGH ON FIRE performing the song "Cometh Down Hessian" on August 28, 2005 in Trondheim, Norway. Watch the clip below. HIGH ON FIRE's new CD, "Death Is This Communion", was released last Tuesday (September 18). The band has just kicked off a five-week t...

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Serpent Saints

After the soggy and forgettable "Inferno" four long years ago, just the fact that ENTOMBED sounds like they wanted to be in the studio for this one is a cause for celebration. They're back on the death-and-roll machine, with a little more emphasis on the death side of things, and things start out pr...

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VICIOUS ART: More Dates With DEATH BREATH Announced

VICIOUS ART — the Swedish death/thrash metal band featuring former DARK FUNERAL members Matias Mäkelä and Robert Lundin, along with Jörgen Sandström (THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE) on bass — will support DEATH BREATH (the Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drumme...

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Rumor: CRASHDIET Singer Quits Two Weeks Before Album Release

Vocalist H. Olliver Twisted is strongly rumored to have left Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET less than two weeks prior to the Scandinavian release of the band's much-anticipated second album, "The Unattractive Revolution". According to one unconfirmed report, H. Olliver Twisted — who is Finnish — sen...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT: 'I'm Just Driving The Same Car On A Bigger Road'

Mikkel Elbech of the Danish music magazine Gaffa recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Gaffa: Can you describe the transition from being a solo musician to quite suddenly being a member of GN'R, playing venues f...

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HATESPHERE Guitarist Defends Lineup Changes

In a brand new interview with Antenna, HATESPHERE guitarist Peter "Pepe" Lyse Hansen spoke about the departure of singer and founding member Jacob Bredahl following the exit of several other key members over the course of the last several months. Said Pepe: "Jacob just didn't want it no more. He was...

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PILEDRIVER: Cleveland Concert Footage Available

Video footage of Canadian metal legends PILEDRIVER performing the new song "Metal Manifesto" at the "Metal On Metal 25th Anniversary Concert" on Saturday, September 15 at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio can be viewed below (courtesy of Metalfanzine.net). Also appearing on the bill were RAV...

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DEATH BREATH: Tour Dates Announced

DEATH BREATH (the Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson [currently the frontman of rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS]) has scheduled the following tour dates: Oct. 24 - Göteborg, SWE - Sticky Fingers (w/ SANCTUARY IN BLASPHEMY)...

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HIGH ON FIRE: San Francisco In-Store Performance Sheduled For This Afternoon

HIGH ON FIRE's long-awaited full-length CD, "Death Is This Communion", is being issued today (Tuesday September 18). To commemorate the CD's release, HIGH ON FIRE will play a free show at Amoeba Records in San Francisco this afternoon, kicking off the band's North American tour. HIGH ON FIRE will be...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Concert Footage From Holland Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of VICIOUS RUMORS' September 8, 2007 concert at the Join in Noordwijk, Holland can be viewed below. VICIOUS RUMORS in February confirmed a USA distribution deal with The End Records out of New York. American VR fans and friends can now get the band's new CD "Warball" through...

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Original DEVOURMENT Vocalist WAYNE KNUPP Passes Away

Original DEVOURMENT vocalist Wayne Knupp passed away earlier today. His girlfriend Jessica Gant has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "First of all, I want to say thank you to everybody who has sent kind words. They are very much appreciated and I told Wayne about everybody who s...

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VICIOUS ART: 'Pick Up This Sick Child' E-Card Available

An e-card for the second full-length album from VICIOUS ART — the Swedish death/thrash metal band featuring former DARK FUNERAL members Matias Mäkelä and Robert Lundin, along with Jörgen Sandström (THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE) on bass — has been made available at this location. Due in Scand...

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Embrace the Fall

Chicago's HURTLOCKER hit the scene in a big way with 2006's Napalm debut, "Fear in a Handful of Dust", an unrelenting and frighteningly vicious slab of modern thrash. That balls-out style is continued on "Embrace the Fall", this time with better songwriting and a wider array of riffs and more arrang...

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Summon in Thunder

Seattle's HIMSA have stayed the course these past several years, kicking out reliable modern thrash albums that tear flesh with scorching guitars and venomous vocals, the last of which, "Hail Horror", marked its final release for Prosthetic Records. Signing a well-deserved deal with Century Media, t...