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Trilateral Progression

NEURAXIS' "Trilateral Progression" is one impressive death metal album. On its fourth full-length release, the Montreal tech-death squad has accomplished what so many of its brethren have failed to do: adroitly combine technicality, brutality, and melody. Is there a death metal training facility in...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'BOB ROCK Will Always Be Our Producer'

Despite rumors of a possible collaboration with Rick Rubin (SLAYER, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT),METALLICA have no plans of working with anyone else but their longtime producer Bob Rock on their upcoming studio album, the group's drummer Lars Ulrich revealed in a September 2005 interview published i...

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Fuck the Universe

Having just reviewed HAEMOTH's "Kontamination", it is difficult to avoid comparing and contrasting it with CRAFT's "Fuck the Universe", at least to some extent. It is not as though the two discs sit on opposite ends of the spectrum The common denominator is one of quality black metal that emanates f...

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HYPOCRISY Confirmed For Spain's ATARFE VEGA ROCK Festival

Sweden's HYPOCRISY have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Atarfe Vega Rock festival, set to take place March 10-11, 2006 at Nave Medina Elvira in Atarfe, Granada, Spain. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BEHEMOTH BRAINSTORM CREMATORY GAMMA RAY HYP...

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SOULFLY: Video For NAILBOMB's 'Wasting Away' Surfaces

SOULFLY's official web site has been updated with the following message: "Gloria [Cavalera, SOULFLY's manager] informs us that rumors are circulating that a videotape for the NAILBOMB track 'Wasting Away' has surfaced. NAILBOMB was a shortlived side project that Max Cavalera formed [with former FUDG...

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Kontamination

Limited to 2,000 hand-numbered copies, Southern Lord offers to the grim U.S. black metal masses "Kontamination" from France's HAEMOTH. A limited edition (300 copies) picture disc was also issued, but has sold out. The "as real as it gets" cliché truly applies in the case of this incredibly abrasive...

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RAISING FEAR: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By JAG PANZER Guitarist

Italian power metal band RAISING FEAR will enter Remaster Studios in Vicenza, Italy on January 15, 2006 with producers Toni Mad Fontò (WHITE SKULL guitarist and mastermind) and B.B. Nick Savio (former WHITE SKULL lead guitarist, now with VICIOUS MARY and BROKEN ARROW) to begin recording their new al...

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EMERALD TRIANGLE Featuring Ex-VICIOUS RUMORS Guitarist IRA BLACK: Tour Dates Announced

EMERALD TRIANGLE, the San Francisco band featuring frontman Jade Steel and guitarist Ira Black (METAL CHURCH, VICIOUS RUMORS, HEATHEN),will be hitting the road in late January in support of their new CD, "Tales of the Rondo". The album is being described in a press release as "a sci-fi comic book a...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Guitarist To Record 'Slammin'' Metal Tracks For ESPN's X GAMES

According to a posting on his official web site, guitarist Brad Gillis (NIGHT RANGER, VICIOUS RUMORS, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE) has signed on with ESPN one more time to record 10 "slammin' metal tracks" for the X Games, to be aired in late January. As previously reported, Gillis has joined up to produce art...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Reject Split Rumors

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION have rejected as false Internet reports that they are planning on breaking up following the completion of their current European tour. In a posting on the band's official forum, the group's forum moderator Nikki wrote, "The BRIDES are not breaking up! Now everyone, please, take...

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W.A.S.P., IMPALED NAZARENE Confirmed For Spain's ATARFE VEGA ROCK Festival

W.A.S.P. and IMPALED NAZARENE have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Atarfe Vega Rock festival, set to take place March 10-11, 2006 at Nave Medina Elvira in Atarfe, Granada, Spain. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BEHEMOTH BRAINSTORM CREMATORY GA...

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SAMMY HAGAR-Themed Cruise Planned For April

According to a posting on Sammy Hagar's official web site, a Hagar-themed cruise is currently being planned for April 2006. The cruise would leave from Los Angeles and make its way down to Cabo San Lucas. Details have not been confirmed yet but there are rumors of "killer entertainment" on the way t...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Photos Of New Lineup Posted Online

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have uploaded several new promotional shots featuring the group's new lineup, including vocalist James Rivera (HELSTAR, SEVEN WITCHES, KILLING MACHINE) and guitarist Brad Gillis (NIGHT RANGER, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE). Check them out at this location....

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Fear in a Handful of Dust

One moment while I Q-Tip the blood out of my ears. There we go. So why does it take a label in Austria to sign a fearsome thrash-beast from Chicago when said band has been in our midst since 2000? For shame U.S. labels, you've missed a golden opportunity to sign a band called HURTLOCKER, ...

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DISSECTION Mainman Rejects Split Rumors

Mainman Jon Nödtveidt of the reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "A few words to all you out there, whom this might concern… As you all heard, the Rebirth is now over… Has the band split up? No. We are now heading into a ne...