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ONSLAUGHT: Italian Tour Dates Announced

Reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT will embark on a six-date Italian tour in October. Commented the band: "We can't wait to return to to your awesome country once again. It's gonna be a blast to spend 6 days with our many Italian friends, drink some beers, snap some necks and cause some thrash...

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MISFITS Book Author, Former MINISTRY/KILLING JOKE Drummer Schedule NYC Book Signing

Veteran punk drummer Joel Gausten (ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN, PIGFACE, THE UNDEAD),author of the book "Tales of Horror: The History of the Misfits & The Undead" and former MINISTRY/KILLING JOKE drummer Martin Atkins, author of the best-selling book "Tour: Smart", are among the guests who will be on...

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METAL CHURCH's MUNROE, VAN ZANDT To Perform At 'World Bowl Of Rock'

METAL CHURCH singer Ronny Munroe will perform with his solo band, which includes METAL CHURCH guitarist Rick Van Zandt on guitar, at the first annual World Bowl Of Rock at the King Cat Theatre in Seattle, Washington on November 2. They will play old and new METAL CHURCH tracks as well songs from Ron...

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DYING FETUS: Rochester Footage Posted Online

Maryland-based extreme metallers DYING FETUS have posted some live videos that were filmed at The Penny Arcade in Rochester, New York when the band was on tour earlier this year. The live clips are for the tracks "We Are Your Enemy" and "Streaks Of Blood" and can be viewed at UVTV's web site. ...

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ULRICH: Everyone Expects Us To Release Albums That Define The Genre, To 'Save' Metal

Stevie Chick of The Guardian conducted an interview with METALLICA at the end of August when the band was in the UK to play the Reading festival. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On how long they will be able to continue as METALLICA: Lars Ulrich (drums): "In the immortal ...

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DARKANE: Long-Awaited DVD To See Light Of Day Next Year

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish metal band DARKANE has issued the following update: "Today is not only the anniversary of different horrible events in New York, Chile and Stockholm, but it is also ten years since DARKANE played our debut live show. It was played at Fellinis in Uppsala,...

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FIREWIND's Cover Version Of NEVERMORE's 'Believe In Nothing' Available For Streaming

Greek metallers FIREWIND recently recorded a cover version of the NEVERMORE song "Believe In Nothing" for the Century Media Records 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which is scheduled for release on September 15 in Europe and on October 14 in North America. The track is now available...

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ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET: Sample Of Another New Song Posted Online

ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, has posted an audio sample of another new song, "A Date With Suicide", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Grim Tales", which is scheduled for release on October...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Talks 'Shogun'

Arielle Castillo of New Times Broward-Palm Beach recently conducted an interview with TRIVIUM guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy. A couple of excerpts from the chat can be found below. New Times Broward-Palm Beach: What's the significance of the album's title, "Shogun"? Heafy: I've always known of that w...

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Killer Who Claims He Was Influenced By METALLICA Song Seeks New Trial

According to PhillyBurbs.com, the New Jersey man who killed his mother and then stabbed an 11-year-old boy to death claiming that he was influenced by a METALLICA song about a boy who "lost my way this bloody day" when he committed the crime is asking the court to throw out the 2004 guilty ...

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REPRISAL SCARS Signs With VIOLENT JOURNEY RECORDS

Finnish thrashers REPRISAL SCARS have inked a deal with Violent Journey Records. The group's debut album, "Killing Art of Self-Deception", will be released on November 5. The CD was recorded between July and August 2008 with producer Hannu Honkonen at Studio Soundworks and Lutakko Jyväskylä. "Killin...

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VADER Confirms Split With Drummer, Guitarist: 'They Played With Us More Like Session Guys'

Veteran Polish death metallers VADER have issued the following update: "We would like to thank to all the participants of our anniversary gig [on August 30 at Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland]: bands [GRAVE, ROTTING CHRIST, DISMEMBER, GOREFEST, MARDUK, NILE, ENTOMBED and SAMAEL], fans and staff. Thank...

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METAL CHURCH: Audio Interview With RONNY MUNROE Posted Online

Sonic Excess conducted an interview with METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe at the end of last week. Listen to the chat at this location. Fan-filmed video footage of METAL CHURCH's August 14, 2008 performance at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida can be viewed below. METAL CHURCH has posted...

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It is rare that I'm enamored with a re-recording effort, as the results are often stale, the magic of the original recordings — no matter how devoid of modern studio polish — lost in the mix. The re-recordings of classics by the likes of TESTAMENT and DESTRUCTION surely have their moments, but the e...

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In Hatred's Flame

Thrash bastion Heavy Artillery has already released two monster metal albums this year, the first, MERCILESS DEATH's "Realm of Terror", and now "In Hatred's Flame" by California's EXMORTUS. The album is a re-release of the band's self-released disc of the same name, remixed and remastered with four...