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HELLFIGHTER Signs With HEAVY METAL RECORDS

Heavy Metal Records has announced the signing of the U.K. metal band HELLFIGHTER. The group's debut album is scheduled for release in spring/early summer 2010. HELLFIGHTER's origins can be traced back to XENTRIX, one of the foremost British exponents of thrash metal in the '80s and '90s. Former XENT...

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The Dust of Years

If you haven't heard of SEVENTH ANGEL, don't feel too bad for your metal cred — their second-or-third-tier British take on late-'80s thrash came and went faster than you could say "XENTRIX". They delivered two underrated albums ("The Torment" and "Lament For the Weary"),which languished in the Chri...

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Former XENTRIX, KILL II THIS Members Join Forces In HELLFIGHTER

HELLFIGHTER, the new band featuring former members of influential UK bands XENTRIX and KILL II THIS, is scheduled to play the Bloodstock Open Air festival in Derby, UK on Saturday, August 16 on the Scuzz stage at 4:45 p.m. Kristian Havard (guitar),Simon Gordon (vocals) and Den Gasser (drums) — all...

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DEATHWISH: 1986 Demo Available For Download

The 1986 debut three-song demo cassette by UK thrash quartet DEATHWISH has been made available for download at the Bang! Bang! metal demo blog. According to the blog post, "DEATHWISH weren't like UK counterparts XENTRIX, who wished to be American. Already the title track, 'Sword of Justice', sounds...

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PITIFUL REIGN Taps Renowned Artist ED REPKA For Debut Album

Young U.K. thrashers PITIFUL REIGN have secured the services of renowned artist Ed Repka (MUNICIPAL WASTE, MEGADETH, DEATH) to produce the artwork for their debut album, due for release early next year on Italy's Punishment 18 Records. Punishment 18 label spokesperson Marita Mirabella previously sai...

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NIGHTWISH Keyboardist: The Songs That Changed My Life

NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen recently spoke to Britain's Kerrang! magazine (web site) about the "songs that changed his life." "Walking In The Air" by HOWARD BLAKE: Tuomas: "This is the song from the animated movie 'The Snowman' and it's the song that I would take with me to a dese...

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PITIFUL REIGN Signs With PUNISHMENT 18

Italian label Punishment 18 has announced the signing of up-and-coming U.K. thrashers PITIFUL REIGN. The band will enter the studio in fall/winter 2007 to record the new album for an early 2008 release. Label spokesperson Marita Mirabella said, "I first saw PITIFUL REIGN at the ANNIHILATOR fan party...

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Killing Peace

You know, it won't win you any friends among the back-patch-and-MALICE-button set, but it's okay once in a while to admit that some of those quasi-legendary '80s bands were… well… second-tier. Not that it should affect one's enjoyment of their classic albums — hell, I'm a huge XENTRIX fan despite my...

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CRIMSON GLORY, DISINCARNATE, SADUS, LAST CRACK Reissues Due In January

On January 16, 2007, MVD Audio will be reissuing the following albums in the U.S. from the Roadrunner Records archives: SOLITUDE AETERNUS - "Beyond The Crimson Horizon" SOLITUDE AETERNUS - "Into The Depths Of Sorrow" LAST CRACK - "Burning Time" LAST CRACK - "Sinister Funkhouse #17" XENTRIX - "Shatte...

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XENTRIX: Reissues Due This Month

On November 13, Metal Mind Productions will re-release three albums from classic U.K. thrashers XENTRIX from the '90s. "Shattered Existence" (1989),"For Whose Advantage?" (1990) and "Kin" (1993) will be reissued in new digipack editions on golden discs, digitally remastered using the 24-bit process...

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REALM: Reissue Details Revealed

Metal Mind Productions has signed a multi-record licensing deal with Roadrunner Records for RR's fantastic back-catalogue. MMP will reissue over 25 albums from the late '80s/early '90s, taken from Roadrunner Records' vast archives. The selection of bands includes SOLITUDE AETURNUS, CRIMSON GLORY, AT...

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Poland's METAL MIND Signs Licensing Deal With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Poland's Metal Mind Productions has signed a multi-record licensing deal with Roadrunner Records for the RR back-catalogue. MMP will re-issue over 25 albums from the late '80s/early '90s, taken from the wide Roadrunner Records archives. The selection of bands includes SOLITUDE AETURNUS, CRIMSON GLOR...

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XENTRIX: 'We Have Decided Not To Do Any More Shows'

Guitarist Kristian "Stan" Havard of the acclaimed late '80s/early '90s U.K. thrash metallers XENTRIX — who recently reunited with their original lineup for a series of gigs in their home country — has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "It's been fun doing gigs again. The...

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ONSLAUGHT: More 'The Night Of British Thrash' Details Revealed

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT will be appearing at Bradford Rio's [in Bradford, England], Saturday June 3 as co-headliners with XENTRIX, with current Thrash 'til Death tour acts EVILE, PITIFUL...

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TESTAMENT Will NOT Play U.K. In June; XENTRIX And Others To Continue With Gig

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT will **NOT** be playing at Rio in Braford, England on June 3. "We were told that the Bradford gig was confirmed and there was a possibility of XENTRIX being added to the lineup at the other U.K. dates," react...