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EXODUS: 'Let There Be Blood' Released On Limited-Edition Red Vinyl

"Let There Be Blood", the controversial re-recording of EXODUS' classic 1985 debut album "Bonded by Blood", has been released on limited-edition red vinyl. Only 2,500 numbered copies are available via Zaentz Records' web site. "Let There Be Blood" sold 2,000 copies in the United States in its first...

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CARCASS Announces 'Exhumed To Consume II' Tour

Reunited British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS will return to the United States in March for the "Exhumed to Consume II" tour. The follow-up to last year's highly successful "Exhume to Consume" trek will feature SUICIDE SILENCE, SAMAEL, ARSIS and PSYCROPTIC, plus a few special guests on select date...

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SWASHBUCKLE, AUGURY Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST After Winning MySpace Band Contest

Montreal-based sympho/black/folk/power metal act BLACKGUARD (formerly PROFUGUS MORTIS),New Jersey's crazy pirate metal drunks SWASHBUCKLE and Canadian progressive death metallers AUGURY have been signed to Nuclear Blast Records after being selected as the winners of the label's "MySpace Band Contes...

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EXODUS Confirmed For CALIFORNIA METALFEST

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area tharshers EXODUS have been confirmed for the third annual California Metalfest, set to take place Saturday, March 28 t the Grove in Anaheim, California. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARSIS CARCASS DECREPIT BIRTH EXODUS PSYCROPTIC SAMAEL SUFFOCATION THE...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: New Singer Announcement Coming Next Week

Keyboardist Martin Harb of Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has issued the following update: "Within the next week we will present you the name and the face of our new female voice and bandmember! At the moment she's at the shooting for her first VISIONS OF ATLANTIS promotional pictu...

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Reactivated SARCASTIC To Play First Hometown Show In 12 Years

Reactivated Swedish thrash metallers SARCASTIC will play a hometown show on Friday, February 13 — the band's first appearance in Strömstad since 1997! Also scheduled to appear at the Skagerack venue are punk rockers HATHOR (featuring SARCASTIC bassist Patrik "PK" Nilsson) and the next generation of...

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KREATOR Frontman: 'I'm Convinced Our Fans Are Going To Like Our New Record'

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of veteran German thrashers KREATOR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About Heavy Metal: What can KREATOR fans expect from "Hordes Of Chaos"? Mille Petrozza: They can expect a very...

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Former ATOMKRAFT Guitarist Working On Animated Movie

Former ATOMKRAFT guitarist Rob Matthew is currently working on an animated feature about the group's early days. He says, "In total, the project covers the very beginning of the band up until the end of the first tour in 1985. it is called 'Atomkraft: The Movie' [and is] a humorous look at a young m...

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EXODUS Utilizing Services Of Drummer NICK BARKER For European Tour

British extreme metal drumming legend Nick Barker (CRADLE OF FILTH, TESTAMENT, DIMMU BORGIR, BRUJERIA, ATROCITY) will fill in for EXODUS' Tom Hunting during the San Francisco Bay Area metallers upcoming European tour. Commented EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt: "On February 18, we're off to Europe for a c...

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METALLICA Guitarist Provides Foreword To First-Ever CLIFF BURTON Biography

On September 27, 1986, METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton lost his life at the age of 24 in a coach crash near Ljungby, Sweden. In the 23 years since that devastating event, no one has chronicled Burton's huge talent and achievements in book form. However, in June 2009 this is set to change with the glo...

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ALL SHALL PERISH: Flash Game Available

Oakland extreme metal outfit ALL SHALL PERISH has posted a flash game made by Flash Flash Revolution. The game allows you to "play"several songs of the band via your computer keyboard. The following songs andfficulty levels are available: Beginner: * Better Living Through Catastrophe Experienced: *...

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BELPHEGOR Working On Nine New Songs

Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR are in the final stages of the writing process for their as-yet-untitled new album. The follow-up to 2008's "Bondage Goat Zombie" is tentatively scheduled for release in the fall via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented vocalist/guitarist Helmuth: "Yes bro...

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FORBIDDEN: 'We Are Extremely Excited About STEVE SMYTH Joining Us For Our Newest Chapter'

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on January 9, reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN have now officially confirmed that they have parted ways with guitarist Glen Alvelais and have replaced him with Steve Smyth (TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE). Commented the group in a statement: "Throughout...

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DEVASTATOR 'Burns The Beast' On New CD

Northern California's DEVASTATOR has released its new CD, "Burn the Beast". Produced by Juan Urteaga (TESTAMENT, MACHINE HEAD, SADUS) at Trident Sound, the five-song EP marks the extremely active live band's most representative and best-sounding disc to date as previous efforts just haven't lived up...

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SARCASTIC: Video Footage, Photos From ROCKSTAD Festival Available

Reactivated Swedish thrash metallers SARCASTIC returned to the live stage on December 20, 2008 when they supported SABATON as part of the Rockstad festival in Uddevalla, Sweden. This was SARCASTIC's first performance since 2004 and its first concert with returning guitarist Erik "Beast" Halvorsen (e...