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Rise To Ruin

Holland's death metal leaders GOREFEST returned to form with 2005's excellent "La Muerte", a disc that didn't get nearly enough attention on this side of the Atlantic (as has been the case with their entire career, really). The inimitable bellow of Jan-Chris De Koeyer, the leaden heaviness of the gu...

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Death is this Communion

Another in a recent batch of strong discs reviewed this week, HIGH ON FIRE's "Death is this Communion" sees the band expanding its sound, if only slightly, but continuing to serve up its patented smoke-billowing locomotive metal. The disc is the trio's most varied to date, weaving atmospheric elemen...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Recording 18 Songs For SCARS ON BROADWAY Debut

SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan has issued the following update on SCARS ON BROADWAY, his new project with SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Daron Malakian (guitarist, vocalist, songwriter): "Yesterday [Thursday, Sept. 27], Daron and I began recording SCARS ON BROADWAY's debut album. We've gone in with clos...

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HIMSA: 'Big Timber' Video Posted Online

Seattle's HIMSA has triumphantly returned with a devastating new offering, "Summon In Thunder", which is already being hailed by critics and fans as the band's career-defining opus. The much anticipated release is now available and the group just completed a month-long European tour alongside AS I L...

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HIGH ON FIRE Announces Co-Headlining European Tour With PELICAN

HIGH ON FIRE and PELICAN will team up for co-headlining European tour this winter. The trek is set to kick off on November 14 in The Netherlands and continue on for five weeks, covering ground all across Europe. This tour will come on the heels of HIGH ON FIRE's current North American headlining run...

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KRISIUN: Peformance Footage From MOSCOW METAL FEST Available

The MetalList webzine has poted video footage of Brazilian extreme metallers KRISIUN performing at the Moscow Metal Fest on September 22 at Tochka Club in Moscow, Russia. Watch the two clips below. KRISIUN is continuing to tour in support of its highly acclaimed new album, "AssassiNation", which was...

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TOOL Members Open Up In Their 'Longest, Most Revealing' Interview

Elusive art-rockers TOOL recently opened up in an exclusive interview with veteran journalist Bryan Reesman (web site). The seven-page cover story spearheads the relaunch issue of Metal Edge magazine (web site),and according to the band itself, is the longest in their 17-year history. Reesman, who...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman ANGELA GOSSOW: 'I've Never Had Plastic Surgery'

In an exclusive interview in this week's Kerrang! magazine, ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow tackles all the rumors, lies and bullshit about her head-on. Here's an extract: "I've never had plastic surgery," says Gossow. "For one thing, where would I get the money from? I don't make any money from...

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VICIOUS RUMORS, AGENT STEEL, AFTER ALL: Madrid Photos Available

Photos of VICIOUS RUMORS, AGENT STEEL and AFTER ALL's concert on September 13, 2007 at Ritmo & Compás in Madrid, Spain have been posted at have been posted at MetalSymphony.com. AGENT STEEL's setlist was as follows: 01. Rager 02. Bleed For The Gods 03. Illuminati Is Machine 04. Guilty as Charged...

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DOWN Guitarist: 'We're The Type Of Band That's Not Afraid To Go Backwards'

Brian Sweeney of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Blistering.com: What direction did DOWN go with "Down III: Over The Under"? Kirk Windstein: We really didn't have anything in mind, it just kind of came out. In ge...

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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...