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The End of Tomorrow

It is time again for one of those quintessentially heavy metal albums that any self-respecting fan should have in his/her possession. The album is "The End of Tomorrow", the band is RAVAGE, and the music is American power metal with a traditional bent and a thrash metal aggressiveness. It will in fa...

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Ignorance Never Dies

You've pit slammed to TERROR and you've wantonly smashed car windows and punched in holes in walls to HATEBREED. Let me introduce you to YOUR DEMISE, the next great metallic hardcore band that will have you stomping this and busting that, if not to purge personal demons, then to have a little fun by...

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ANVIL CHORUS: Video Footage Of 'Terminator' Performance Available

Influential '80s progressive NWOSFHM (New Wave of San Francisco Heavy Metal) band ANVIL CHORUS performed at the resurrection of Terminator, once San Francisco's "rockingest" weekly dance club, on July 17, 2009. Video footage of the performance and interview clips with several musicians who attended...

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DEATH ANGEL Frontman Interviewed At METALCAMP; Video Available

Contraband Candy's René Ackermann conducted an interview with vocalist Mark Osegueda of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL at this year's Metalcamp festival, which was held on July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia. Watch the chat below. DEATH ANGEL's longtime drummer and original member Andre...

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IMPIOUS: 'Death Domination' Track Listing Revealed

Swedish death/thrashers IMPIOUS will release their new album, "Death Domination", in North America on November 24 via Metal Blade Records (November 6 in Europe). The CD's cover artwork, which the band describes as "one of the most sinister and malignant-looking album covers ever," was created by Mar...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Am Really Grateful To Have A Job That I Love'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "I think we all are aware of the quality of [MEGADETH's new album] 'Endgame', and I attribute that to hard work, perseverance, and following my heart, instead of worrying about what the label is going to say, our what the people at radi...

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NACHTMYSTIUM To Enter Studio In January

Chicago's purveyors of psychedelic blackened metal NACHTMYSTIUM are currently working on material for "Black Meddle Part II" (working title) and will soon embark on the "U.S. Plague Tour" featuring Swedish black metal legends MARDUK alongside MANTIC RITUAL, MERRIMAC and BLACK ANVIL. The trek kicks o...

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MACHINE HEAD Explains Lack Of North American Headlining Tour In Support Of 'The Blackening'

Some of MACHINE HEAD's U.S.-based fans have been wondering why the San Francisco Bay Area metal band has not yet announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of "The Blackening" — despite the fact that the album is now two and a half years old. In a posting on MACHINE HEAD's official message board, t...

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DIO: More European Dates Announced

DIO, the band fronted by legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW),has scheduled the following European dates: Nov. 21 - Glasgow, UK @ 02 Academy Nov. 22 - Sheffield, UK @ 02 Academy Nov. 24 - London, UK @ HMV Forum Nov. 25 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 ...

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DAHLIA INDACO Full-Length Debut To Feature Guest Appearance By SADUS Frontman

SADUS guitarist/vocalist Darren Travis makes a guest appearance on the forthcoming full-length debut from DAHLIA INDACO, the recording and performing unit of Elisabetta Patrito (vocals, bass, synth textures) and Massimo Usai (vocals, guitars, programming). Entitled "Chronicles Of Nowhere", the CD wi...

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DIO Announces U.K. Tour

DIO, the band fronted by legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW),has scheduled the following U.K. dates: Nov. 21 - Glasgow, UK @ 02 Academy Nov. 22 - Sheffield, UK @ 02 Academy Nov. 24 - London, UK @ HMV Forum Nov. 25 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 ...

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ONSLAUGHT: Quality Footage From PARANOID OPEN AIR Festival Available

Quality fan-filmed video footage of British thrashers ONSLAUGHT performing at this year's Paranoid Open Air festival — which was held August 13-15, 2009 at Autopoligon Ljubecna, near Celje, Slovenia — can be viewed below (courtesy of "gokizoki"). ONSLAUGHT recorded its performance at the Damnation F...

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Former CELTIC FROST Frontman Featured In ARTE TV Documentary

As part of an a new six-episode documentary series about the evolution of the music scene in the 1980s, German/French TV station Arte is set to broadcast episode 5, titled "Gothic, Industrial & Black Metal", on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 10:55 p.m. CET. This episode features new interviews wit...

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ATHEIST: European Tour Report Part 1

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "What a rash of fucking nightmares! In true ATHEIST fashion, we always seem to have these strange things happen to us whilst touring. "The night before I was leaving for the Brutal Assault...

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KINGDOM COME: Footage From Ukraine's GLOBAL EAST FEST Posted Online

Quality video footage of KINGDOM COME's August 1, 2009 performance at the Global East Fest in Kiev, Ukraine can be viewed below (courtesy of Darkside.ru). KINGDOM COME's latest album, "Magnified", was released on February 27 via Planet Music. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Livin...