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TESTAMENT Guitarist Says Next Album Will be 'Heavier' Than 'The Formation Of Damnation'
Peter Bailey of Metalheadz conducted an interview with guitarist Eric Peterson of veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT on February 14, 2009 at the NEC arena in Birmingham, England. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MetalheadzFM: You're on tour with JUDAS PRIEST and MEGAD...February 27, 2009
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NIRNAETH: New Album Samples Available
French black metallers NIRNAETH are putting the finishing touches on their second album, "Splendour of the Abyss". The CD will feature the following track listing: 01. My Misanthropy 02. Let Me Inside 03. The Encounter 04. Inertia 05. Spirit Elimination 06. Apostasy 07. Grace Beyond The Flesh 08. In...February 25, 2009
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Insatiable
With over a decade spent in the death metal trenches, Northern California's THE NEW PLAGUE has remained largely under the radar. That needs to change, as the band has consistently churned out well written death metal with an old school spirit and a knack for solid songwriting. I remember thinking th...February 24, 2009
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The Horror
The ominous keyboards of brief intro "Into the Jaws of Hell" give way to a blast of old school SLAYER-isms with a blackened bite on "Crypt of Thanatophilia" and it becomes immediately clear that Sweden's TRIBULATION are not about peaceful protest or polite conversation. Not to be confused with the l...February 24, 2009
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IN MEMORIUM's STEVE FOURNIER Schedules 'Extreme Metal Drumming' Clinic
Steve Fournier, drummer for Seattle-based black/death metal machine IN MEMORIUM, will hold a clinic titled "Applications for Extreme Metal Drumming" on Wednesday, February 25 at the Georgetown location of the Seattle Drum School, located at 1010 S. Bailey, Seattle, Washington. For more information,...February 23, 2009
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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist On SHOCKHOUND's 'Stella Can't Cook'
DIMMU BORGIR guitarist/songwriter Silenoz is featured on ShockHound's "Stella Can't Cook" show. "I come from a musical background where you don't really have much cash," states Silenoz, "so you have to spend the little you have on cheap stuff." Check out the video below of Silenoz's preparation of g...February 23, 2009
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FOSCOR: New Album Details Revealed
FOSCOR, one of the very few black metal bands hailing from the Catalan region of Spain, has set "Groans To The Guilty" as the title of its third album, due this summer via Temple of Darkness Records. The CD will be made available in both a jewel case edition and a limited-edition digipack version th...February 20, 2009
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SKELETONWITCH: New Video To Debut This Friday
Ohio's sons of Midwestern darkness SKELETONWITCH will premiere their debut music video, "Sacrifice For The Slaughtergod", on Friday (February 20),exclusively on MySpace Metal. Combining live footage from Stuart's Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio and additional narrative footage from various locales...February 18, 2009
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MISTWEAVER Signs With XTREEM MUSIC
Spanish "medieval melodic death metal" band MISTWEAVER has inked adeal with Xtreem Music for the release of its fourth album, "Tales from the Grave". The drums for the CD were laid down in a studio in Barcelona with additional recording sessions taking place at Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden...February 18, 2009
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SATHANAS To Release New Album This Month
Pennsylvania-based black/death metallers SATHANAS will release their seventh full-length album, "Nightrealm Apocalypse", on February 28 via Pagan Records. The CD was mixed and mastered by Tore Sternja at Necromorbus Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. It will be made available as a regular jewel case CD a...February 15, 2009
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SODOM: Video Of Backstage Interview/Discussion Posted Online
A four-minute backstage discussion between the members of the German thrash metal band SODOM and a Romanian promoter (from the Metal Masters company) about Dracula, vegetarian vampires, Ceausescu, metal girls and Romania can be viewed below. The clip was shot on February 7, 2009 before the group's c...February 14, 2009
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BURNT BY THE SUN: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online
New Jersey-based hardcore/metal act BURNT BY THE SUN recently entered Trax East studios in New Jersey to begin recording its long-awaited third full-length album, "Heart Of Darkness". The follow-up to 2003's "The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good" is being produced by Eric Rachel, who has previously...February 13, 2009
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LORD MANTIS Signs With SEVENTH RULE RECORDINGS
Seventh Rule Recordings has announced the signing of Chicago's blackened sludge tribe LORD MANTIS. The band features members of Seventh Rule labelmates INDIAN and avant black metallers AVICHI, as well as an ex-member of NACHTMYSTIUM. The 'MANTIS wields a "bludgeoning sound" with "an extra layer of d...February 12, 2009
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DARK THE SUNS: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Revealed
Jyväskylä, Finland-based melodic metal band DARK THE SUNS will release its second full-length album, "All Ends in Silence", on March 11 via Firebox Records. According to the group, "We recorded guitars and keyboards in our home studio and drums, bass and vocals were recorded in Studio Watercastle. T...February 10, 2009
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'Osbournes: Reloaded': First Look At OZZY's New TV Show
A three-minute preview of "Osbournes: Reloaded", the new Fox variety-style show starring Ozzy Osbourne, his wife/manager Sharon and their children Jack and Kelly, is available below. According to The Week, the first six episodes include "a blindfolded audience member duped into kissing a grandmother...February 10, 2009
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