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AVULSED Enter Studio To Record New Album
Spanish death metallers AVULSED have entered VRS Studios in Madrid to begin recording their fourth full-length album, entitled "Gorespattered Suicide", tentatively due in October/November through Metal Age Productions. The recording sessions will last 10 days, after which the tapes will be sent over...July 30, 2004
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AT THE GATES Launch New Web Site
Long-defunct Swedish thrashers AT THE GATES have launched a new official web site at this location. Included on the site are a bunch of rare photos, recordings and other memorabilia. One of the more melodic death metal bands to expand beyond Sweden and spread their sound across the world alongside p...July 23, 2004
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Why Are Extreme Metal Vocals So Grotesque And Indecipherable?
Will York of The San Francisco Bay Guardian writes: Why are extreme metal vocals so grotesque and indecipherable? Newcomers to the genre often wonder about this — that is, why metal bands spend so much time composing intricate music and detailed lyrics only to go and "ruin it" with those awful guttu...July 14, 2004
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AT THE GATES Tribute Album To Arrive In September
MÖRK GRYNING, VILE, ILLDISPOSED and ETERNAL GRAY are among the bands featured on the upcoming AT THE GATES tribute album, "Slaughterous Souls - A Tribute to At The Gates", due in September through Drowned Scream Records and Goi Music. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. TAET...June 28, 2004
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INSISION Part Ways With Drummer, Guitarist Forced To Sit Out Tour
Stockholm, Sweden-based brutal death metallers INSISION have amicably parted ways with drummer Thomas Daun. "[The] main reason [for his departure] was the lack of dedication and interest in [the band]," the group write on their web site. "We thank him for the years and good luck in the future." In o...May 11, 2004
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JOEY JORDISON: 'SLIPKNOT Is Hard Work'
SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has told the Pioneer Press that performing in a grotesque mask that's restrictive, binding and sweaty makes breathing and seeing during the band's shows difficult. "The mask is a pain thing," he said. "It's clammy and your body is moving all over, and you're locked int...April 22, 2004
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INSISION Finalize Track Listing For Sophomore Album
Stockholm, Sweden-based brutal death metallers INSISION have finalized the track listing for their sophomore album, "Revealed and Worshipped", due late summer through Earache/Wicked World Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Beneath the Folds Of Flesh" was recorded at Soundlab studios in Örebro, Sweden...April 20, 2004
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'Monsters of Metal Vol. 2': The Ultimate Metal DVD Compilation Returns With Second Installment
Nuclear Blast Records Europe has just released "Monsters of Metal Vol. 2" (view cover here),the second installment of what it calls "the ultimate metal DVD compilation," featuring both Nuclear Blast artists and bands signed to other labels. The complete track listing for the two-disc set is as foll...April 10, 2004
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SLIPKNOT: New Album Cover Posted Online
The cover artwork for SLIPKNOT's new CD, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", has been uploaded at this location (courtesy of MTV.com). According to MTV.com, the cover of "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)" shows a new mask created by the band's visual and conceptual mastermind, Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. The...April 9, 2004
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THEATRES DES VAMPIRES Complete Work On 'Nightbreed of Macabria'
Italian melodic black metal band THEATRES DES VAMPIRES have completed work on their new album, "Nightbreed of Macabria", due in Europe in May through PlasticHead/Blackend Records. A U.S. release through Candlelight is expected in September. According to an official press release, "some songs [on] th...March 8, 2004
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AVULSED Sign With METAL AGE PRODUCTIONS
Spanish death metallers AVULSED have inked a deal with Metal Age Productions. According to an official press release, "after summer 2003 the band was pretty disappointed with [previous label] AvantGarde's work and decided to break their contractual obligations with them and started to search for a n...January 29, 2004
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AXAMENTA Record New Promo CD
Belgium's AXAMENTA, the former band of current EPICA bassist Yves Huts, spent time in the recording studio this past weekend recording three songs for a promo release, which the band describe as "16 minutes of neo-classical horror-metal." The effort, which is scheduled to be mixed and mastered withi...December 29, 2003
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KING DIAMOND Members Jam With Swedish Tribute Band
The entire KING DIAMOND band minus its singer and namesake joined the Swedish KING DIAMOND tribute act KUNG DIAMANT (featuring members of TON OF BRICKS, RELEVANT FEW, SABOTAGE and others) for a couple of tunes during their set on Saturday, December 13 at Pianobaren in Trollhättan, Sweden. A bunch of...December 16, 2003
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MARILYN MANSON Track To Be Featured On New 'Spawn' Videogame
The MARILYN MANSON track "Use Your Fist, Not Your Mouth", from the shock-rocker's recent Nothing/Interscope album, "The Golden Age of Grotesque", will be featured on the new "Spawn Armageddon" videogame, according to Billboard.com. "If any artist epitomizes my anti-hero Spawn, it's MARILYN MANSON,"...November 9, 2003
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Mexican Evangelists Pray For 'Evil' MARILYN MANSON
Variety reports that dozens of Bible-wielding Mexican evangelical Christians prayed for the soul of MARILYN MANSON on Thursday (October 16) in a protest against a planned concert by the shock rocker. About 100 people sang hymns and prayed outside local government buildings in the center of the north...October 17, 2003
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