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SUN DESCENDS Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

New York City thrashers SUN DESCENDS, who feature in their ranks former EXUMER vocalist Mem von Stein, have severed ties with their drummer Chris Torre. The band is looking for a replacement at the moment and encourages anyone who is interested to contact them at: [email protected]. Commented Mem...

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Warnaments

The leap that TORCHBEARER made from debut album "Yersinia Pestis" to "Warnaments" is similar to the one made by GRIMFIST from "Ghouls of Grandeur" to "10 Steps to Hell", that being a broadening of the sound without an offsetting sacrifice in aural savagery. In the case of TORCHBEARER, this super gro...

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SACRED STEEL Sets Tentative Track Listing For 'Hammer Of Destruction'

German metallers SACRED STEEL have set the tentative track listing for their sixth album, "Hammer of Destruction", due on November 10 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at the Spiderhouse studio in Lütte (near Berlin) with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESS...

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SoundScan Report: SAMMY HAGAR, NEW YORK DOLLS, TERROR, VOIVOD, GORGOROTH

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending July 30, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 1,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, whe...

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ASSASSIN: Finnish Shows Cancelled

ASSASSIN's previously announced shows in Finland (Aug. 31 in Helsinki and Sep. 2 in Lappeenranta) have been cancelled by the promoter. "We feel sorry for all thrashers who wanted to see us and the other bands," the reformed German metallers said in a statement. "We just hope to be over in Finland ve...

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Come What(ever) May

Before we got all mixed up with eighteen million different subgenres of metal, there was just one single genre: heavy metal (or hard rock),a musical space marked by a significantly harder edge than the mothership of rock and roll but also a field wide open to many different sounds and styles. Thus...

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YEAR OF DESOLATION Completes Work On New Album

Indiana thrashers YEAR OF DESOLATION have completed recording their Prosthetic Records debut album in North Carolina with producer Jamie King (BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD). The self-titled release will see an early 2007 release, and audio previews will be available shortl...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist Checks In From OZZFEST

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's new album, "The New Black", had a phenomenal first week at retail debuting at No. 200 on The Billboard 200 chart. The group has been annihilating the masses on Ozzfest, and due to the sheer abrasiveness and intensity of their live performances, they quickly became one of the mo...

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MADBALL Bassist To Make Film Debut

MADBALL bassist Hoya will make his film debut in the upcoming "Rapturious" movie, which was written and directed by Kamal Ahmed (of Jerky Boys fame). More information is available at IMDB.com. MADBALL released their first album for Ferret Music, "Legacy", last August. The band recently took part in...

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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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GIGANTOUR 2006 Announced: MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, OPETH, ARCH ENEMY, OVERKILL Confirmed

Gigantour is back. The fast and furious traveling festival that was hailed last year by Revolver magazine as "the mother of all shred fests" will kick off its second year in early September. Look for the tour — the brainchild of MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine — to launch in the Northeast and to wor...

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THRASH NEVER DIES Compilation CD: Final Track Listing Announced

Underground record label Thrash Never Dies has issued the following update: "Early 2006 we posted our plans on releasing an underground thrash metal CD. It should be a nonprofit cd-compilation with only REAL underground bands. The philosophy behind the compilation is to give all the struggling under...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'I Want To Get Back Out On Tour And F*cking Crush'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his official blog: "Slowly over the last couple of weeks my crackling psyche has been regaining some of the balance I felt I'd completely lost there for a while. "I'm getting back in shape physically and I've come to understand t...

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ARCH ENEMY Singer Sounds Off On Vocal Technique, Early Influences And Being A Vegetarian

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them...

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MARYLAND DEATHFEST V: First Acts Announced

The first nine acts have been announced for the Maryland Deathfest V, set to take place May 26-27, 2007 at Sonar in Baltimore, MD. They are as follows: GUT (Germany) RETALIATION (Sweden) CRIPPLE BASTARDS (Italy) EXTREME NOISE TERROR (England) BIRDFLESH (Sweden) NUNWHORE COMMANDO 666 (Germany) JIGSOR...