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DARK AGE Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Germany "modern melodic death metal" band DARK AGE has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbhl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD ABORTED AGRYPNIE AHAB ALL ENDS ANIMA ARCH ENEMY...

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Sixth And Final Installment of Limited-Edition 'Slimewave' 7" Series Sees Release

Slimewave seven-inch number six, featuring all-new material from MUMAKIL and INHUME, is available now via Relapse. For more information, please access this release page. Slimewave is a Relapse series of six limited-edition split seven-inch releases from twelve of the sickest and most extreme bands i...

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666: Satan's Soldiers Syndicate

There is a reason why Germany's DESASTER took their name from DESTRUCTION's "Total Desaster" way back in 1988. They knew then as they know now that Germany's thrash movement was something special and continues to be so. The sound emanates from deep within the fires of Hell, the riffs melting flesh,...

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GODIVA Drummer Forced To Sit Out ROYAL HUNT Tour

Due to family obligations, drummer Peter Gander of Swiss rockers GODIVA will be unable to join the band on its upcoming European tour with ROYAL HUNT and will be temporarily replaced by Stefan Schwarzmann (ACCEPT, HELLOWEEN, KROKUS, RUNNING WILD, U.D.O.) For a list of upcoming GODIVA shows, go to th...

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ABANDONED Joined By Ex-DESTRUCTION Drummer

German thrashers ABANDONED have issued the following update: "First the bad news: Konrad 'Konny' Cartini, the original ABANDO-drummer, will lay down his drumsticks immediately due to sexual differences! Gone are the times of spontaneous stand-up comedy and delicate drumming that enriched each single...

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DORO PESCH On Dallas' KTXA-TV: Interview, Acoustic Performance Available

German "metal queen" Doro Pesch took part in an interview and acoustic performance during an appearance on KTXA-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas ahead of her April 12, 2008 concert at the Ridglea Theater. Watch the footage at CBS11TV.com: Interview Performance (WARLOCK classic "All We Are") In other n...

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HEADHUNTER Covers SKID ROW's '18 And Life'; Audio Available

HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, STRATOVARIUS drummer Jrg Michael, and guitarist Schmuddel (ex-TALON),has posted its cover of the SKID ROW classic "18 And Life" on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off the band's forthcoming albu...

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HACKNEYED Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German death metal maniacs HACKNEYED have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbhl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD ABORTED AGRYPNIE AHAB ALL ENDS ANIMA ARCH ENEMY AS I LAY DYI...

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BELPHEGOR Cracks Austrian Top 50

Austria's blackened death metal kings BELPHEGOR have entered the album chart in their home country at position No. 42 with their latest effort, "Bondage Goat Zombie". The CD also landed on the German chart at No. 81. BELPHEGOR's video for the CD's title track can be viewed below. The clip was shot w...

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BELPHEGOR Lands On German Chart

Austria's blackened death metal kings BELPHEGOR have entered the German album chart at position No. 81 with their latest effort, "Bondage Goat Zombie". The video for the CD's title track can be viewed below. The clip was shot with acclaimed Austrian director Florian Werner. Commented BELPHEGOR front...

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DESTRUCTION To Release 'D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.' In August

German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION are scheduled to enter Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark today (April 21) with producer Jacob Hansen to begin recording their new album, entitled "D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N." An August 29 European release is expected. "Celebrating 25 years of DESTRUCTION is, of cours...

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HORDE's 'Hellig Usvart' To Be Reissued In May

On May 19 (Europe) / July 8 (USA),Metal Mind will release a remastered version of the 1994 album by HORDE a Christian black metal project of Australian musician Jayson Sherlock, formerly of MORTIFICATION and PARAMAECIUM. "Hellig Usvart" pioneered the previously unheard genre of "Christian black met...

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IN BATTLE To Support MARDUK In Sundsvall

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE will support MARDUK in IN BATTLE's hometown on May 24 at Club Destroyer. IN BATTLE is currently writing material for a new album, tentatively due sometime next year. The group previously described the new material as "extremely intense, brutal, strai...

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Was Ex-KISS Guitarist MARK ST. JOHN Victim Of Brutal Jailhouse Justice?

Nick Schou of the Orange County Weekly reports: Was ex-KISS guitarist Mark St. John a victim of OC's brutal jailhouse justice? A month before roughly two dozen inmates at Theo Lacy Jail viciously killed John Chamberlain in an attack that would earn national headlines and lead to a major scandal that...

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GOD FORBID's DALLAS COYLE On Incorporating Influences Into Band's Sound

GOD FORBID guitarist Dallas Coyle has written the latest entry for his weekly column on MetalSucks, "The Hard R." In this installment, Dallas talks about the evolution of GOD FORBID's sound and the way they incorporated what was going on around them into their own music. An excerpt from the blog fol...