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CYNIC's PAUL MASVIDAL: 'I Don't Think I'm Capable Of Writing Really Simple, Simple Music'

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal of the reunited progressive rock/metal band CYNIC. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Washington Post Express: Where did your interest in chromaticism come from? Masvidal...

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KING DIAMOND's MATT THOMPSON Completes Drum Tracks For New AGHORA Album

KING DIAMOND's Matt Thompson has finished laying down the drum tracks for the as-yet-untitled third album from the Florida progressive metal act AGHORA. The sessions were held at Texas Indian Trails Studio with engineer and co-owner Alex Gerst. Guitarist/mainman Santiago Dobles states, "It was a gre...

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CYNIC: Quality New Haven Footage Posted Online

HeavyMetalSource.com has uploaded quality video footage (see below) of CYNIC's May 5, 2009 concert at Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut. "Traced in Air", the new album from CYNIC, was released in North America on November 25 via Season of Mist. The CD's first run is a limited-edition hard cover...

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PESTILENCE Mainman Says 'Spheres' Album Was 'Definitely' Ahead Of Its Time

Metal Discovery webzine conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli of the resurrected late '80s/early '90s death metal outfit PESTILENCE on April 12, 2009 in London, England. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Discovery: Did you have any reservations or apprehe...

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OBSCURA Drops Off 'Relapse Contamination Tour'

Due to illness, death metallers OBSCURA have been forced to cancel the remaining dates of their North American tour. The Relapse Contamination Tour will continue on through May 10, with Relapse labelmates GRAVES OF VALOR and appearances on select dates from BRUTAL TRUTH and HERO DESTROYED. Commented...

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GNOSTIC: New Song Available For Free Download

Atlanta, Georgia-based metallers GNOSTIC — who feature in their ranks three members of the current lineup of ATHEIST — will release their debut album, "Engineering the Rule", in Europe on May 25 via France's Season Of Mist (July 14 in the U.S.). GNOSTIC's sound is described in a press release as fol...

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INTO ETERNITY: In Full-Blown Rehearsal Mode

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "INTO ETERNITY is in full-blown rehearsal mode now [for upcoming shows in Canada, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan]. The jams have been going very smooth and they soun...

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PESTILENCE Frontman Interviewed At Norway's INFERNO Festival; Video Available

"Hammartid"'s Helle Stenkløv conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli of the resurrected late '80s/early '90s death metal outfit PESTILENCE at the first show of the band's recent European tour on April 9, 2009 at the Inferno festival in Oslo, Norway. Watch the chat in three part...

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SOLSTICE: Another New Song Posted Online

The reunited South Florida death/thrash metal band SOLSTICE has posted another new song, "Black", on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off SOLSTICE's recently completd new album, "To Dust", tentatively due later in the year. 11 songs were laid down during the sessions, including a cover of a...

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GNOSTIC: 'Engineering The Rule' Track Listing, Final Artwork Revealed

Atlanta, Georgia-based metallers GNOSTIC — who feature in their ranks three members of the current lineup of ATHEIST — will release their debut album, "Engineering the Rule", in Europe on May 25 via France's Season Of Mist (July 14 in the U.S.). GNOSTIC's sound is described in a press release as fol...

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DAATH: 'The Concealers' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Concealers", the sophomore album from the Atlanta-based quintet DAATH, sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 35 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by ne...

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XERATH: E-Card Available

U.K.-based experimental/progressive extreme metallers XERATH will release their debut album, "Xerath I", on May 25 via Candlelight Records. The CD was mixed in France by Brett Caldas-Lima (CYNIC). An e-card for the album is available at this location. Check out the "Xerath I" cover artwork below. Ac...

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OBSCURA Interviewed In Montreal; Video Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with drummer Hannes Grossmann of death metallers OBSCURA on April 16, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the 17-minute chat below. "Cosmogenesis", the second full-length album from OBSCURA, sold around 900 copies in the United States in its first week of rele...

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PESTILENCE: Quality Purmerend Footage Posted Online

Quality video footage of PESTILENCE's April 25, 2009 concert at P3 in Purmerend, The Netherlands, can be viewed below (clips shot and uploaded by "letthemetalflow"). The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Devouring Frenzy 02. Horror Detox 03. Chemo Therapy 04. The Process Of Suffocation 05. Fiend 0...

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PAIN: Bulgaria Photos, Video Footage Posted Online

Video footage of PAIN's April 25, 2009 performance at the Blue Box club in Sofia, Bulgaria can be viewed below. Photos of the concert, which was attended by 800 fans, are available at www.katehizis.com. PAIN's setlist was as follows: 01. I'm Going In 02. Monkey Business 03. Zombie Slam 04. Suicide M...