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Latin Band ILL NINO Reacts To Immigration Law Protests

As bilingual Latin metal band ILL NINO prepares to embark on a 28-city major market U.S. tour aimed at cities with strong Latino communities, members of the politically and socially conscious New Jersey sextet paused to comment on today's nationwide protests of Congress' attempts to toughen immigrat...

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Canadian Church Fire Linked To Norwegian Black Metal Movement

Dean Pritchard of the Winnipeg Sun has issued the following report: A fire that destroyed a 105-year-old church in Minnedosa last winter was not an isolated act of arson, but part of an international movement with links to a Norwegian "death metal" musician, say justice officials. The disturbing rev...

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HATEBREED Frontman Says New CD Is 'An All-Out Onslaught Of In-Your-Face Brutality'

Australia's X-Press Online recently conducted an interview with HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Recalling an incident a few years back on the Tattoo The Earth tour with SLIPKNOT and COAL CHAMBER when things got decidedly out of hand: "So we're in Nebraska and it'...

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RAVEN Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

RAVEN have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: TANKARD HIRAX RAVEN EXCITER JAG PANZER OMEN STEEL ATTACK DIVISION USURPER AVENGER OF BLOOD IMAGIKA GAIA EP...

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MAYHEM Drummer Talks About Upcoming Album

Tatiana Godarska of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with MAYHEM drummer Jan Axel Von Blomberg (a.k.a. Hellhammer). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Imhotep: If "Grand Declaration of War" was written [from] hearts then explain to me, why did you return with "Chimera" to the...

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EXCITER, IMAGIKA, UNDER EDEN Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

EXCITER, IMAGIKA and UNDER EDEN have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Meanwhile, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER were forced to pull out of the festival "due to personal conflicts and other obligations," accor...

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ONSLAUGHT Confirmed For Spain's LORCA ROCK Festival

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Lorca Rock festival, set to take place June 17 in Murcia, Lorca (south of Alicante),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: WHITESNAKE TWISTED SISTER DEVILDRIVER ANVIL ONSLAUGHT CHRIS CAFFERY NIGHTRAGE FIREWI...

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TANKARD, OMEN Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

TANKARD and OMEN are among the newly confirmed bands for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TANKARD HIRAX JAG PANZER OMEN STEEL ATTACK DIVISION RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER USURPER...

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GAIA EPICUS To Enter Studio In July

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS will enter Top Room Studios in Lunner, Norway on July 12 to begin recording their third album, entitled "Victory". The band will have the album finished by the time they go to the USA to play the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, which will take place on August 25-...

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ILL NINO, GOD FORBID, SILENT CIVILIAN to Team Up For U.S. Tour

Just back from sold-out tours of Europe and Australia, bi-lingual Latino metal sextet ILL NINO is set to criss-cross America leading the "One Nation Undivided" spring tour. Presented by Jagermeister, the 28-city major market assault is ILL NINO's first and only U.S. headlining tour supporting its la...

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KEEP OF KALESSIN: 'Armada' Enters Norwegian Chart At No. 20

Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN, featuring Obsidian C. (a.k.a. Arnt Grønbech, also a touring guitarist for SATYRICON) on guitars/bass/synth, have entered the national album chart in Norway at position No. 20 with their latest release, "Armada". "Armada" is scheduled for release in the res...

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HIRAX To Co-Headline MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

California thrashers HIRAX will co-headline the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, which will take place on August 25-26 at Star Central in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. This will be HIRAX's second appearance at Minneapolis Mayhem. Last year, the band replaced SODOM one week before the festival took plac...

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MAYHEM, DISMEMBER, NAGLFAR Confirmed For Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival

MAYHEM, DISMEMBER, NAGLFAR and ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET have been confirmed for the Gates of Metal festival, set to take place August 4-5 at at Folkets Park in Hultsfred, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS DISMEMBER HAMMERFALL HELLOWEEN...

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'Lords Of Chaos' Movie To Go Into Production In May

Aftenposten is reporting that "Lords of Chaos", a fiction film based on true events in the Norwegian black metal music scene in the early 1990s, will finally begin filming in Norway in May. Developed by the San Diego film company ZU33, the project's screenplay was written by Hans Fjellestad, Ryan Pa...

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ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE Members Voice Characters On 'Death Clock Metalocalypse'

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and members of NEVERMORE have lent their voices to the "Death Clock Metalocalypse" cartoon series. Brendon Small, known for the series "Home Movies", co-created "Death Clock Metalocalypse" about a Norwegian heavy metal band called DEATHKLOK. Although they rock to t...