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'Heavy Metal Box' Animated Product Shot Available

An animated product shot for the upcoming "Heavy Metal Box" (due on October 2 via Rhino Records) can be viewed below. The four-disc, 70-song set boasts classic tracks from IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD and SLAYER, among dozens of others. Arranged chronologically from 1968 to 1991, the compila...

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LEATHERWOLF: European Tour Dates Announced

Legendary Orange County, CA metal band LEATHERWOLF has announced its first European dates since reuniting with original lead vocalist/guitarist Michael Olivieri and guitarist Carey Howe earlier in the year. The reconvened triple axe attack will headline Germany's Keep It True festival and is playing...

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PRONG: 1986 Demo Available For Download

The 1986 debut seven-song demo cassette by New York thrash/hardcore/noise crossover trio PRONG has been made available for download at the Bang! Bang! metal demo blog. According to the blog post, "Before the drum machines, remixes, and guest appearances, PRONG was a very lonely metalcore trio from t...

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Original AC/DC Singer DAVE EVANS Signs With DESTROY ALL RECORDS

Destroy All Records has announced the signing of original AC/DC frontman Dave Evans. Evans' current CD, "Sinner" — which originally came out in 2004 — will be made available on September 25 through all "proper" distribution channels. Commented Evans, "It's good to be a part of a label that understan...

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KONKHRA Recording Two More Tracks For Upcoming Album

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA recently finished re-recording their long-awaited new album, "Nothing Is Sacred", after encountering technical difficulties which forced them to scrap some of the previously completed early tracks. A song from the CD, entitled "Religion is a Whore", has been posted o...

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Rise to Dominate

Every once in a while you put in a CD and moments later your jaw has dropped to the floor and you find yourself uttering things like, "Jesus Christ!" There is something about the disruptive shock to the system that the heavy-as-fuck blast of pure American-style death metal on "Rise to Dominate" from...

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Embrace the Fall

Chicago's HURTLOCKER hit the scene in a big way with 2006's Napalm debut, "Fear in a Handful of Dust", an unrelenting and frighteningly vicious slab of modern thrash. That balls-out style is continued on "Embrace the Fall", this time with better songwriting and a wider array of riffs and more arrang...

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Unholy

Nasty, gnarly, ragged, and jagged, "Unholy" by Sweden's MY OWN GRAVE is the sound of vintage Swedish death metal (i.e. bullshit-free and burnt to a crisp). Hardly inventive, but oh so well played, the only attribute worth bitching about is the short running time: 16 minutes (five songs),but that's...

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When I was a Planet

The sounds of INVITRO's "When I was a Planet" are not typically heard in the musical neighborhoods through which I cruise. Still, I must tip my hat to the relatively creative, raucous, and punk-fueled racket going on here. In the way of background information, INVITRO involves ex-SNOT/SOULFLY guitar...

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'Thrash Metal Warriors' Compilation Due This Month

Poland's Selfmadegod Records has announced the first-ever compilation CD to be released by the label. Licensed from HIRAX's own Black Devil Records, "Thrash Metal Warriors" is "a groundbreaking thrash metal compilation with rare and unreleased tracks from eight worlwide bands," according to a press...

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SOULFLY Guitarist To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO Tomorrow

SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo will be interviewed on Sirius Satallite Radio's "Hard Attack" on Tuesday, September 11 at 4:00 p.m. EST. For more information, visit www.sirius.com. As previously reported, Marc will join the rest of SOULFLY in early September in Florida to begin recording the band's six...

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KISS: 'Kissology Vol. 2 1978 – 1991' DVD Box Set Easter Eggs Revealed

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has revealed "two easily overlooked little gems" that can be found on KISS' latest DVD box set, "Kissology - The Ultimate Kiss Collection Vol. 2 1978 - 1991", which was released on August 14. According to the site, a two-minute home video made by late KISS dr...

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QUEEN: 'Rock Montreal' DVD London Screenings Announced

Special cinema screenings of the forthcoming "Queen Rock Montreal" DVD will take place in England later in the month. London screenings will take place at the Empire Screen 2, Leicester Square as follows: * Friday, September 21 and Saturday, September 22 - late night shows (approximately 11:00 p.m.)...

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SOULGRIND Working On New Material, Seeking New Label Home

Guitarist Lord Heikkinen of the Finnish band SOULGRIND has issued the following update: "Summer is gone and a lot of things has happened. I got married, which is probably the main thing. The party was excellent and all 120 guests were pretty happy. At the least the couple was. 1000 cans of beer, 42...

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Prey for Eyes

"Prey for Eyes" is the sound of THE RED CHORD finding its groove, one might even say its comfort zone, that is, if that description did not have negative connotations for some. More than a few fans were not ecstatic about the band's move to more of a death-grind based controlled chaos on "Clients",...