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SEVERE TORTURE: In Recording Mode

Dutch death metallers SEVERE TORTURE have entered the studio to begin recording their new album for a late June release on Earache Records. "Seth already did an amazing job on drums and created an ultra-tight foundation for the new songs," guitarist Thijs van Laarhoven said. "Marvin [Vriesde] and I...

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GORGOROTH Frontman GAAHL Interviewed At Home; Video Available

VBS.tv has posted the third and fourth episode in the five-part series on the black metal scene, the main focus being on the band GORGOROTH from Norway. The group's lead singer Gaahl was ranked by Terrorizer magazine the #1 "terrorizing" individual for 2006. Number 2? George W. Bush. It's the black...

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C-187 featuring PESTILENCE, CYNIC Members: In Mixing Mode

C-187, the new band featuring former PESTILENCE mainman Patrick Mameli (guitar) alongside Tony Choy (bass; ATHEIST; ex-CYNIC),Sean Reinert (drums; CYNIC, ex-DEATH) and Tony Jelencovich (vocals; M.A.N, ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE, MNEMIC),is currently mixing its debut album with Danish producer Jacob Hanse...

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GLENN DANZIG: Original 'Black Aria' Special CD Gatefold Package Due Next Month

Glenn Danzig's original "Black Aria" LP is finally set for re-release in a special embossed gatefold CD package. Unavailable for several years, this special edition has also been remastered. Vinyl fans should be on the lookout for LP and picture-disc releases of "Black Aria II" here in the U.S. All...

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AEROSMITH Interviewed By Brazilian MTV; Video Available

A two-part video interview with AEROSMITH, conducted earlier this month by the Brazilian branch of MTV, has been posted online at YouTube: Part#1, Part#2. AEROSMITH is expected to put out a new studio album late this year or in early 2008. They wanted to release it in time for their Route ...

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Norwegian Black Metal: Five-Part Series Airing On VBS.tv

VBS.tv is currently airing a five-part series on Norwegian black metal focusing primarily on GORGOROTH. Watch the first two parts online: Part#1, Part#2. GORGOROTH has just filmed a video for an as-yet-undisclosed track from their latest album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". "Ad Majorem Sathanas Glo...

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Ex-ICED EARTH Singer MATT BARLOW is 'Looking Forward' To Working With PYRAMAZE

Danish metallers PYRAMAZE and former ICED EARTH singer Matt Barlow have issued separate statements confirming that Barlow has joined the group as its new frontman following the departure of Lance King. Commented PYRAMAZE guitarist/songwriter Michael Kammeyer: "I'm very happy to finally announce our...

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SAMAEL: 'Solar Soul' Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork of Swiss metal experimentalists SAMAEL's eighth album, "Solar Soul", has been posted online at the HeavyLaw web site. Due on June 1 via Nuclear Blast Records, "Solar Soul" will feature the following track listing: 01. Solar Soul 02. Promised Land 03. Slavocracy 04. Western Ground 0...

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GENE SIMMONS Rocks Times Square; Photos Available

On Wednesday (April 11) at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square, New York City, gamers and rockers alike were treated to an event of heroic proportions. Guitar Hero II recently launched for Xbox 360, and to celebrate, five lucky gamers got the chance to win a jam session with the KISS bassist/vocali...

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Australian Actor Denies He Is BON SCOTT's Son

According to the Herald Sun, Australian actor Alex O'Loughlin's parents suffered a "High Voltage" shock when they got wind of reports he was the son of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott. The "Oyster Farmer" star's happily married mom, who was pretty confident of the identity of her son's father, apparently f...

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MACHINE HEAD, LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR To Perform At METAL HAMMER AWARDS

According to a posting on TURISAS' web site, MACHINE HEAD, LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR and TURISAS will perform at this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, which will be held June 11 at Koko in London, England. LAMB OF GOD is up for an impressive five awards at the event, including "Best ...

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LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE Singer Quits

Singer Christopher Schmid has left the German gothic rockers LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE due to personal reasons. "I don't feel that I can combine the permanent stress (brought about by touring, concerts and general uncertainties of the music business) with my 'normal' life and my future," Schmid said in a...

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SODOM: Australian Concert To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD

According to HailMetal.Com, SODOM's June 9 concert at The Republic Bar in Hobart, Australia will be filmed for a DVD, to be released in conjunction with the group's next studio album. As previously reported, SODOM will play a special 25th anniversary set at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, whic...

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HEAVEN AND HELL To Guest On SIRIUS' 'Bloody Roots'

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — will be the featured guests on this week's "Bloody Roots" on Sirius Satellite Radio. "Hear first hand accounts of the difficult...

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Zen and the Art

A few years ago I said some album or band was "more underground than Rich Hoak in a mine shaft." The former BRUTAL TRUTH man has more than lived up to my lame joke since that band's initial dissolution — as a member of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, he carries on their tradition of thinking man's ...