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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II' Due In September

Earache Records' sequel to this year's "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion" is due to be released next month. With a fresh collection of over 100 blistering Earache tracks spread over six CDs, all for the price of one CD, "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II", housed in a sturdy box, gives value for mon...

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MINISTRY To Be Joined By MEGADETH's Former Rhythm Section On Upcoming Tour

MINISTRY mastermind and industrial metal pioneer Al Jourgensen has revealed the band's lineup for its final tour, which is expected to kick off early next year. It is as follows: Al Jourgensen - Vocals Jimmy DeGrasso (MEGADETH, Y&T, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) - Drums David Ellefson (MEGADETH, F5, TEMP...

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GWAR Frontman 'Officially' Confirms Band's Participation In 'Viva La Bands' Tour

GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus has issued the following update: "Humans, it is I, your Master, Oderus, lead singer of the most violent band in metal history, the mighty GWAR, with the latest update on our progress in the destruction of your world! "We are pleased to smugly announce our continuing rava...

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CHAOSWAVE: Danish Mini-Tour Announced

Italian/Danish power-thrash metal act CHAOSWAVE has confirmed a Danish mini-tour in September. The dates are as follows: Sep. 26 - Elværket, Helsingør (DK) Sep. 27 - The Rock, Copenhagen (DK) Sep. 28 - Folkets Hus, Struer (DK) Sep. 29 - Riamuf, Ribe (DK) CHAOSWAVE recently posted a new song, entitle...

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God Luck and Good Speed

It is about damn time that the gods of leafy sludge boogie and doom destruction dropped its third release into the laps of the dedicated and the resin-coated. After several years of label searches and recording interruptions, due in part to vocalist/bassist Dixie Dave Collins' involvement in several...

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Speed Kills… Again

Just in case you missed the whiff of stale beer in denim and heard the sound of creaking leathers, the Heavy Artillery label is reminding you with all the subtlety of a boot to a poseur's face that thrash is back. Rising up from the American underground (particularly in the Latino community, for som...

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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Reckless Road' Book Due In September

The new book "Reckless Road and the Making of Appetite for Destruction" by Marc Canter — an amateur photographer and owner of L.A.'s famed Canter's Deli — documents GUNS N' ROSES' early years via never-before-seen photos and lots of memorabilia. Canter witnessed the creation of GUNS N' ROSES and pho...

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DORO Planning Another U.S. Tour In The Spring

German metal queen DORO is planning a new U.S. tour that will take place in the spring of 2008. More information will be made available soon. Pesch's new version of the WARLOCK classic "All We Are" — featuring a backing band consisting of DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, AFTER FOREVER...

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MEGADETH: Complete 'Warchest' Box Set Details Revealed

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine and Capitol/EMI have collaborated to create and deploy the ultimate MEGADETH box set: "Warchest". The 4-CD+DVD collection features more than six hours of digitally remastered content, hand-selected by Mustaine, including 30 audio and video tracks making their global release...

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CYCLONE's 'Brutal Destruction' To Receive CD Release

Metal Mind Productions will issue a remastered edition of one of the most intriguing releases in the history of Belgian thrash metal scene: "Brutal Destruction" by CYCLONE. Due in Europe on August 27 (October 22 in the U.S. via MVD),it is the first time the LP has been made available on CD, featuri...

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THE CULT To Tour U.S. With THE BRAVERY, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB?

Reunited rockers THE CULT are in talks with THE BRAVERY and BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB about joining forces for a U.S. tour beginning in October. Exact cities and dates for the trek, which is expected to last around seven weeks, will be announced soon. The tentative/unconfirmed track listing has be...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman On New HEADHUNTER Album: 'I Feel Like I Am 20 Years Old' Again

DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has brought his old band HEADHUNTER back to life. He originally founded the group at the end of the Eighties during his time away from DESTRUCTION and released three critically acclaimed records — "Parody of Life" (1990),"A Bizarre Gardening Ac...

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DIMMU BORGIR, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, POSSESSED, SACRED REICH: Photos From WACKEN Available

Photos of BLIND GUARDIAN, DIMMU BORGIR, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, POSSESSED, SACRED REICH and TYPE O NEGATIVE taken at this year's Wacken Open Air festival — which was held August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany — have been posted at the Metal-Experience.com web site. Included are pictures of the following artist...

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CIANIDE's 'Death, Doom And Destruction' To Be Reissued

Razorback Records has announced a special reissue of CIANIDE's "Death, Doom and Destruction" CD. According to a press release, "This is the band's third album originally released in 1997. It has been long since out of print and is a true gem of pure-underground, no-bullshit death metal from a band t...

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MINISTRY: New Song Available For Download

After 27 years, 11 studio albums, four Grammy nominations, and plenty of pain, MINISTRY mastermind and industrial metal pioneer Al Jourgensen will lay his longtime band to rest. Indeed, September 18's "The Last Sucker" will be MINISTRY's final all-new studio release and will be followed by a 2008 fa...