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SACRIFICE Frontman Guests On New SIGH Album

SACRIFICE frontman/guitarist Rob Urbinati has contributed a guitar solo to the song "Dies Irae/The Master Malice" for the forthcoming SIGH album, "Hangman's Hymn", due out in 2007 on The End Records. The groundbreaking Japanese act recently finished recording their seventh studio album and are curre...

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MALICE Guitarist: New Material Will Be 'Heavier Than Ever'

More information has been revealed about the reunion of '80s Los Angeles heavy metal legends MALICE, featuring the three original guitar slingers (Mick Zane, Jay Reynolds and Mark Behn) alongside Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE, MICHAEL SCHENKER) on drums and newfound vocal sensation Brian Allen. Accordi...

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MALICE Is Back!

'80s Los Angeles heavy metal legends MALICE have been resurrected by the three original guitar slingers (Mick Zane, Jay Reynolds and Mark Behn) with Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE, MICHAEL SCHENKER) on drums and newfound vocal sensation Brian Allen fronting the band. Immediate plans include European fes...

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Lifeless Design

You know how a few records into a band's career, you'll read an article about them and it'll talk about their early years in a dismissive way? Sorta like this: "their first album, "Blah Blah Blah", generated some interest, but it wasn't until sophomore release "Yadda Yadda Yadda" that they really tu...

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Subliminal Genocide

It seemed a tad strange to find that the new 71-minute full-length from Malefic's XASTHUR was being released on Hydra Head. That is, until one considers that the lo-fi black metal atmospheres and dread-drenched trance of "Subliminal Genocide" is the kind of expansive, heady, and off-the-beaten path...

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Mirrors

I have a vague recollection of a review I wrote for MISERY SIGNALS' debut "Of Malice and the Magnum Heart" in which I basically stated that it was not an enjoyable effort nor was it an impressive one. The memory was unpleasant enough to almost result in my avoidance of a review of the group's ...

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SIGH Finishes Recording 'Hangman's Hymn'; Guest Appearances Revealed

Groundbreaking Japanese act SIGH has finished the recording of its seventh studio album, titled "Hangman's Hymn", at Studio Moopies with engineer Takamichi Osada. The CD, still in the mixing stages, is due out in 2007 on The End Records. Commented SIGH frontman/leader Mirai Kawashima: "SIGH have fin...

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MADDER MORTEM Reports On Bergen Gig

Norway's MADDER MORTEM has issued the following update: "We had a great time playing in Bergen [Norway] on Saturday [September] 9th! A great audience and a superb sound on stage (which is more of a utopic wish than the standard procedure). Originally we were asked to do a 1.5-hour set, but due to re...

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Accept Death

I'll put Northeast Ohio's heavy music collective against any region in the world when it comes to churning out raggedy hate metal and sludge punishment that is from the heart and convincingly soul-burning. It is a fact of which England's Retribute Records is keenly aware, making it no surprise that...

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ABORTED: 'The Auricular Chronicles' DVD Preview Available

A live video of the ABORTED song "Meticulous Invagination", taken from the Belgian death metallers' upcoming "The Auricular Chronicles" DVD, has been made available for download at this location (Quicktime required). As previously reported, the cover artwork for "The Auricular Chronicles" has been p...

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ABORTED: 'The Auricular Chronicles' DVD Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for ABORTED's upcoming "The Auricular Chronicles" DVD has been posted online at this location. Due in October via Listenable, the set will contain an hour-long live show shot in Paris with 13 cameras, with the sound remixed by Tue Madsen (HALFORD, KATAKLYSM),plus video clips, back...

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ABORTED Forced To Drop Off CRYPTOPSY Tour

Belgian death metallers ABORTED have issued the following update: Well, this tour [with CRYPTOPSY] has been quite the debacle. We had to cancel Malmo [Sweden] since the bus broke down in Denmark and we were stuck there the whole day which sucked ass. Luckily for the fans, CRYPTOPSY did make it at th...

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SIGH Begins Recording New Album

Groundbreaking Japanese act SIGH entered the studio today in Japan to commence work on its seventh album, titled "Hangman's Hymn", due out in 2007 on The End Records. The band will be working with engineer Takamichi Osada at Studio Moopies and will produce the album themselves. About the new album,...

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MALICE IN WONDERLAND Music Featured In 'The Passing' Horror Movie

Norwegian dark/glam metal band MALICE IN WONDERLAND will have their song "Lucifer's Town" featured in the upcoming horror movie "The Passing". The film was produced and directed by John Harwood and stars Paul Gleason ("Die Hard", "Friends") and Tara Carroll ("Cruel Intentions"). "The Passing" will b...

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ABORTED: New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By NAPALM DEATH, CARCASS Members

Belgian death metallers ABORTED have issued the following update: "Work is proceeding well on the 'The Auricular Chronicles' DVD, which is set to be released by October through Listenable Records. Previews will be online by the end of the summer on both websites and OneOone (www.oneOone.fr),who are...