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BLACK SABBATH's GEEZER BUTLER Talks Lyrical Inspiration, 'Rock Band', 'Iron Man' Movies

IGN recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. IGN: You were the main lyricist for BLACK SABBATH for many years, and you've been known to draw inspiration from science fiction,...

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SYRACH Records Demo Of Four New Songs

Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH have issued the following update: "Last weekend we had Adam [Suleiman, drums] coming over the mountains from Oslo, and we started working on a pre-production of four brand new tracks. With little or no preparations, we had a certain pressure to get them right. Adam ha...

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ION DISSONANCE: 'Cursed' Track Listing Revealed

Montreal extreme metal purists ION DISSONANCE will release their new album, "Cursed", in North America on August 24 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at .357 Productions with ION DISSONANCE guitar player Antoine Lussier at the production helm. "Cursed" track listing: 01. Cursed 02. You...

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DECEASED Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO

Fan-filmed video footage of DECEASED performing a cover version of the DIO classic "Stand Up And Shout" as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio on June 25, 2010 at Club Encore in Austin, Texas can be viewed below. DECEASED is currently working on material for its new album, entitled "Surreal Overdose". Son...

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KITTIE Announces Dates With DEVILDRIVER

Canadian all-girl metal band KITTIE will play the following shows with DEVILDRIVER: Aug. 25 - Eleanor Rigby's - Jermyn, PA Aug. 26 - The London Music Hall Lounge - London, ON Aug. 27 - Alrosa Villa - Columbus, OH More dates will be announced soon. KITTIE's latest album, "In The Black", sold around 3...

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Previously Unreleased Music From CIRCLE II CIRCLE, ROSS THE BOSS Featured On 'Metallic Dawning'

AFM Records has announced plans to release a double CD compilation titled "Metallic Dawning" featuring some of the hottest true, power and heavy metal tracks recorded during the last few years. The album will be sold at a special price, and will include cover artwork by Dimitar Nikolov as well as th...

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ION DISSONANCE: 'Cursed' Album Trailer Available

Montreal extreme metal purists ION DISSONANCE will release their new album, "Cursed", in North America on August 24 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at .357 Productions with ION DISSONANCE guitar player Antoine Lussier at the production helm. A trailer for the album can be viewed below...

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SACRIFICE's 'Crest Of Black' To Be Released On CD For First Time

"Crest Of Black", a masterpiece of Japanese heavy metal by SACRIFICE, will finally be available on CD for the first time in July. "Crest Of Black" was originally released in 1987 on Explosion Records, then home for bands like SABBRABELLS, DOOM and JURASSIC JADE, in a limited quantity of 1,000 copies...

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KYPCK Hopes To Release Second Album In The Fall

KYPCK ("Kursk" in the western alphabet) — the Russian-singing Finnish doom metal band featuring former SENTENCED guitarist Sami Lopakka (a.k.a. S.S. Lopakka) — has issued the following update: "KYPCK's [second] full-length album has been completed for already five months now, but surprisingly and ex...

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SOULFLY: Footage From METALTOWN Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of SOULFLY performing the SEPULTURA classic "Roots Bloody Roots" on June 19, 2010 at the Metaltown festival in Gothenburg, Sweden can be viewed below. SOULFLY's new album, "Omen", sold 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 73...

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Omen

Those of you that have been paying attention lately have noticed that Max Cavalera has been on quite the roll lately. Since reclaiming his roots on the thrashfest that was "Dark Ages", Cavalera seems to have really re-embraced the violent side of his musical heritage. Along with "Dark Ages", its fol...

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Full Of Hell

One of the highlights from my trip to this year's SXSW (South By Southwest) festival was the Relapse Records showcase. Already exhausted from an afternoon full of music, beverage and the sweltering Texas heat, the mere thought of seeing KILL THE CLIENT, TOMBS and the almighty VOIVOD on one stage was...

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Garden of Worm

A lot of what makes doom resonate with fans are the feelings created through the monolithic riffs and atmospheric shivers created through melancholic and/or dread-inducing vocals and the lurking rhythms. In that sense, some bands nail it when it comes to the indefinable, you-know-it-when-you-feel-it...

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Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult

I'd read a bit about INQUISITION over the years and with my interest piqued I'd always wanted to check out an album, but never got around to it until now, thanks to a Hells Headbangers digital promotional copy of reissued 1998 debut album, "Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult". Now I know...

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Never Cross the Dead

The ever-prolific Lasse Pyykko (CLAWS, VACANT COFFIN, ACID WITCH) has brought back HOODED MENACE for a second round of deathly doom in the form of "Never Cross the Dead". The follow-up to "Fulfilling the Curse" (Razorback Records) offers more murky doom crawling and (occasionally) mid-tempo death ch...