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DAWN OF AZAZEL Frontman Comments On Passing Of DISGORGE Bassist

Frontman Rigel Walshe of the New Zealand-based death/grind outfit DAWN OF AZAZEL has released the following statement on the passing of DISGORGE bassist Ben Marlin: "I was truly saddened to hear the news of Ben Marlin's passing earlier today. We had the pleasure of touring through New Zealand, Austr...

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NEUROTIC RECORDS Head Honcho Comments On Passing Of DISGORGE Bassist

Ruud Lemmen of Neurotic Records has released the following statement on the passing of DISGORGE bassist Ben Marlin: "It is with great regret that I've just learned about Ben losing his battle with cancer. Ben was a great friend, and the time he spent in Europe with DISGORGE (especially the nights of...

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DISGORGE Bassist Loses Battle With Cancer

San Diego-based death metallers DISGORGE have issued the following update: "We are regretful to say that after nearly a year and a half of battling cancer, our brother and bass player Ben Marlin has passed away just about the stroke of 5am this January 2nd, 2008. We are going to miss him so much and...

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HATE ETERNAL, CEPHALIC CARNAGE Confirmed For Holland's NEUROTIC DEATHFEST

HATE ETERNAL and CEPHALIC CARNAGE have been confirmed for the Neurotic Deathfest 2008, set to take place May 30-31 at club 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ASPHYX BEHEMOTH CEPHALIC CARNAGE DEAD INFECTION DECREPIT BIRTH DESECRATION DYING FETUS EXTREME NOISE...

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MEGADETH Frontman Reflecting On The Last Year

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "As we near the end of 2007 and my lovely Droogs Down Under celebrate 2008 already, we back here at the Mustaine House are reflecting on the last year. They are all laughing and joking and I have snuck off to make the last post of ...

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BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, DIAMOND HEAD, IRON MAIDEN Among Top Albums For Riffs

Leading Japanese rock magazine Burrn! has published an article titled "Think About The Riffs" in which it cites DIAMOND HEAD's "Lightning To The Nations" album as the third greatest album for riffs following BLACK SABBATH's "Master Of Reality" and SLAYER's "Reign In Blood". The article goes on to sa...

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AC/DC Drummer Beats Assault Conviction

According to ADateZ Inc., AC/DC drummer Phillip Rudd, who was born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis, pleaded guilty to one charge of common assault when he appeared in Tauranga District Court on Wednesday (December 26). The self-employed musician pleaded guilty after police reduced the charg...

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BEHEMOTH Confirmed For Holland's NEUROTIC DEATHFEST

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have been confirmed for the Neurotic Deathfest 2008, set to take place May 30-31 at club 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ASPHYX BEHEMOTH DEAD INFECTION DECREPIT BIRTH DESECRATION DYING FETUS EXTREME NOISE TERROR FLESHGOD A...

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PURE INC. Completes Work On New Album

Swiss rockers PURE INC. have completed work on their third album for an early 2008 release via an as-yet-undetermined label. The CD was mixed at the Little Creek Studios in Gelterkinden (Baselland) with V.O. Pulver (studio owner, engineer and producer, as well as singer and guitar player of GURD). A...

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THROWDOWN: Singing With MAX CAVALERA And Destroying South America

Frontman Dave Peters of the Orange County, California-based hardcore/metal act THROWDOWN has issued the following update: "Singing with Max Cavalera and SOULFLY… destroying South America... and actually they happened completely independently of each other in spite of the fact that Mr. Cavalera hails...

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PERRIS RECORDS Donates CDs To Deployed U.S. Troops

President Tom Mathers of Perris Records — whose catalog includes releases from DIRTY LOOKS, 3 LEGGED DOGG and RHINO BUCKET — recently shipped over 8,000 CDs after he heard about Give2TheTroops Inc., a foundation that is supporting our troops. The CDs have a retail value of over $100,000.00. Since De...

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MOONSPELL: New Audio Interview With MIKE GASPAR Available

Episode 42 of the MetalCast show podcast features a 49-minute audio interview with drummer Miguel "Mike" Gaspar of the Portuguese metal band MOONSPELL. Mike talks about the recording of the group's new album, music and politics, extremism in metal, MOONSPELL history and many other interesting subjec...

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TRISTANIA Confirmed For Germany's WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN Festival

Norway's TRISTANIA has been confirmed for the Wave Gotik Treffen festival, set to take place May 9-12, 2008 in Leipzig, Germany. The band's itinerary is now shaping up as follows: Feb. 29 - Kiev, Ukraine - CCA NAU * Mar. 01 - Moscow, Russia - Tochka * Mar. 02 - St. Petersburg, Russia - Yubileyniy .....

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Red Harvest

With a pedigree that includes former members of VISION OF DISORDER (vocalist Tim Williams and guitarist Mike Kennedy) and a brother (Kyle) of MASTODON's Troy Sanders on bass, one might be inclined to think the music of BLOODSIMPLE shares at least one thing in common with those bands: aggression. And...

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EYES OF EDEN: Previously Unreleased Song Available For Free Download

EYES OF EDEN, the new band featuring producer/guitarist Waldemar Sorychta (GRIP INC., LACUNA COIL, MOONSPELL, SAMAEL) and female vocalist Franziska Huth, is giving away a previously unreleased song which was not included on the group's debut CD, "Faith", as a special gift to their fans. "'Mother's R...