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Angel Maker

When a metalcore album starts out and makes me think of the first SINISTER record, I'm gonna sit up and take notice. Unfortunately, it only happens for the first few seconds, but the heavy synths laid atop crushing start-stop rhythms lay the groundwork for a surprisingly solid and very satisfying de...

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HOLY MOSES To Make Spanish Live Debut In October

German thrashers HOLY MOSES will make their Spanish live debut on October 7, 2006 at the Martohell Oktober Festival in Martorell (10-15 mminutes from Barcelona). Also scheduled to appear are TERRORSPAWN, REDIMONI and CONVICTED. HOLY MOSES' latest CD, "Strength Power Will Passion", was released in th...

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Guitarist JOE STUMP Says Playing With ULI JON ROTH Was 'Extremely Inspiring'

REIGN OF TERROR/HOLY HELL guitarist Joe Stump has posted the following message on his official web site: "The Uli Jon Roth Sky Academy concerts out in L.A. were a blast with a ton of cool players involved (Roy Z, Chris Impellitteri, Warren DiMartini, Tony Franklin, Jeff Scott Soto — to name just a f...

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AMASEFFER Debut To Feature Guest Appearance By ORPHANED LAND Singer

Drummer and main songwriter Erez Yohanan of AMASEFFER, the new "holy project" from Andy Kuntz, enigmatic lead singer of German progressive metal band VANDEN PLAS, has issued the following update: "The trilogy of albums recounting the story of Exodus will be recorded in three separate sessions. The f...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist Performs With DIO In Brazil

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser joined DIO for a rendition of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Mob Rules" during the legendary heavy metal frontman's headlining appearance at the Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Saturday, July 15. DIO's follow-up to 2004's "Master of the Moon" is expected in earl...

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Church Officials Attempt To Ban 'Blasphemous' Dutch Metal Festival

According to an article on TCTubantia.nl, church officials in Holland are attempting to stop the Dutch metal festival Els Rock Open Air from going ahead because of concerns over the "blasphemous" lyrical territory covered by several of the bands (including SUFFOCATION and HOLY MOSES) that are schedu...

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CASEY CHAOS Performs With THE DAMNED In London: Photos Available

THE DAMNED celebrated the 30-year anniversary of the release of their debut album, "Damned Damned Damned", by performing the LP in its entirety at the legendary 100 Club in London on Thursday, July 6. Joining founding members Rat Scabies and Brian James at the concert was singer Casey Chaos from AME...

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'Heavy Metal: The First 20 Years' Collection Due This Month

According to Top40-Charts.com, Time Life has set a July 25 release date for "Heavy Metal: The First 20 Years", a tribute to the bands that rocked, filled with songs that manage to be both nostalgic yet as relevant as ever. Vintage metal videos still run on VH1 Classic around the clock and fans still...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Reports On TUSKA And WITH FULL FORCE Festivals

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We managed to get through a couple more rounds of festival wrestling without any severe damage or substance abuse (beer and vodka doesn't count here)… Just the occasional food disaster (Hellfest),...

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KALEDON To Release New Album In September

Italian power metal band KALEDON will release their fourth full-length album, "Chapter 4: Twilight of the Gods", on September 12 via Universal Metal Production. "Chapter 4: Twilight of the Gods" projected track listing: 01. The Holy Water 02. Hell On Earth 03. War Plans 04. Goodbye My Friend 05. Cla...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE To Release 'Revelations' EP In August

CIRCLE II CIRCLE — who feature in their ranks former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens — will release a new EP, entitled "Revelations", on August 18 via AFM Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Revelations 02. Who Am I 03. The Black 04. Burden of Truth (acoustically...

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HOLY MOSES To Go Ahead With BADIA ROCKS Festival Appearance

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, German thrashers HOLY MOSES will go ahead with their appearance this weekened at Italy's Badia Rocks festival. Bassist Robert "Ozzy" Frese was previously said to be "very ill," forcing the band to cancel their appearance at the event. However, accordi...

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ROB ZOMBIE: 'The Biggest Thrill For Me Was Playing With ACE FREHLEY'

Ellen Gager of Revue magazine recently conducted an interview with Rob Zombie. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Revue: What can fans expect from your upcoming "American Witch" tour with ANTHRAX? Is it gonna be classic, full-blown ROB ZOMBIE chaos with the intricate staging, or more scaled...

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HOLY MOSES Bassist Forced To Sit Out Upcoming Dates

Bassist Robert "Ozzy" Frese of the long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES is reportedly very ill and will be unable to perform with the band for the foreseeable future. As a result, the group — which has been forced to cancel its July 8 appearance at Italy's Badia Rocks festival — will enlist "old...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: 'Burden Of Truth' Pushed Back Another Week

AFM Records has once again pushed back the projected release date of the new CIRCLE II CIRCLE album, "Burden of Truth" — this time to October 13 from the previously announced October 6. As previously reported, CIRCLE II CIRCLE — who feature in their ranks former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens — h...