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CARCASS To Release 'Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel' EP

British extreme metal icons CARCASS will issue a collection of previously unreleased and hard-to-find tracks this November. Titled "Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel", all the songs on the EP were recorded during the "Surgical Steel" sessions, which was produced by Colin Richardson (NAPALM DEATH, B...

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BLOODBATH Recruits PARADISE LOST's NICK HOLMES As Its New Singer

Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH, which features in its ranks KATATONIA's Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström, as well as OPETH's Martin Axenrot, has recruited PARADISE LOST's Nick Holmes as its new lead singer. Holmes will make his BLOODBATH debut on the band's new album, "Grand Morbid Funeral"...

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THE SKULL Featuring Former TROUBLE Members: 'For Those Which Are Asleep' Debut Due In November

THE SKULL — the new band featuring two original members of American doom metal legends TROUBLE, Eric Wagner (vocals) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums),alongside longtime TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, guitarist Lothar Keller (SACRED DAWN) and former PENTAGRAM guitarist Matt Goldsborough — will release its...

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Former STUCK MOJO Frontman's BONZ To Release 'Broken Silence' In February

BONZ — the new band featuring original STUCK MOJO singer Bonz and former PRIMER 55 guitarist/bassist Curt Taylor — will release its debut album, "Broken Silence", on February 13, 2015 via Eternal Sound Records. The CD features guest appearances by several musicians, including original PRIMER 55 voca...

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Australia's AVERSIONS CROWN Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT

Australian death machine AVERSIONS CROWN has signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment for the release of its new slab of astral punishment, "Tyrant". Formed in 2010 in Queensland's Brisbane, the same sunny stretch of Australian coastline that is responsible for launching the careers...

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DAVE LOMBARDO's PHILM: Trailer For 'Fire From The Evening Sun' Album

PHILM — the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER, AMEN),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Paul Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Francisco "Pancho" Eduardo Tomaselli (WAR) — will release its sophomore album, "Fire From The Evening Sun", on Sept...

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DAVE LOMBARDO's PHILM To Release 'Fire From The Evening Sun' In September

PHILM — the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER, AMEN),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Paul Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Francisco "Pancho" Eduardo Tomaselli (WAR) — will release its sophomore album, "Fire From The Evening Sun", on Sept...

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ALICE COOPER Comic Book Series To Launch In September

Comic book and graphic novel publisher Dynamite last year announced that legendary rock star Alice Cooper will star in an upcoming comic book series, slated to launch in September 2014. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series, which his being written by "X-Files" writer Joe Harris with art b...

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Kids' World

One would expect a music entity called BLITZKRIEG BABY to be a fun punk romp in the vein of the RAMONES, but abandon hope now. One look at the frightening cover photo of the "Kids' World" EP pulls a dank shade over that prospect. Instead, BLITZKRIEG BABY throws recent high school, college and mall s...

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DARKANE: Multi-Camera Footage Of Entire Dordrecht Concert

Multi-camera footage of DARKANE's entire March 17 concert at Bibelot Poppodium in Dordrecht, The Netherlands can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. The Sinister Supremacy 00:01:45 02. Innocence Gone 00:06:16 03. Insurrection Is Imminent 00:11:01 04. Mechanically Divine 00:17:04 05...

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DARKANE: Video Footage From European Tour With SOILWORK

Swedish melodic death quintet DARKANE has posted live footage from its recent European tour with SOILWORK. You can watch as the band performs the track "Ostracized" from its 2013 release, "The Sinister Supremacy", filmed by Philipp Koch and Oliver Laux (Drumtalk) at the Biblelot in Dordrecht, Nether...

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Le Vecteur Transcendantal

Not to be confused with the KOSMOS side project of VOIVOD's Michel "Away" Langevin, this French black metal project is decidedly more sinister in sound, despite its inherent theme of mankind's desperate and pointless conflict in trying to master Nature. Not exactly your standard black metal fare, th...

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Tied to a Dying Animal

It can never be understated that double albums come with risks, the main caveats being they should either be special or at least serve a credible purpose. Otherwise, there lies automatic suspicion of bloated packaging in the interest of sales boosting. Black metal/dark meditative artists SHROUD OF D...

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SLIPKNOT's First-Ever KNOTFEST JAPAN: More Details Revealed

Following the success of 2013's first-ever Ozzfest Japan, Japanese promoter Hayashi International Promotion (H.I.P.) has partnered with SLIPKNOT and 5B Artist Management for the 2014 debut of Knotfest Japan. Set for November 15 and November 16 at Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Knotfest Japan will feature...

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OPETH Hopes To Release New Studio Album In June

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have completed work on their 11th studio album for a tentative June release via Roadrunner Records. The last OPETH album, 2011's "Heritage", received mixed reactions, with some fans claiming that the group had detached itself from its death metal past and gone for...