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Burden of Truth

Zachary Stevens has truly made something special with CIRCLE II CIRCLE. After two beautifully melodic and passionate albums in "Watching in Silence" and "The Middle of Nowhere", the gifted vocalist and songwriter has created his masterwork with "Burden of Truth". Stevens' concept album is inspired b...

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Gateway

The cold grey album cover of "Gateway" from Finland's PESTIFEROUS speaks volumes of the pitch-black metal in store for the listener. Few would mistake PESTIFEROUS for one of the genre's great ones, but many should applaud the band's better than average assault, which features more than just DARKTHRO...

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UNDER EDEN Commences Work On Sophomore CD, Seeks New Label Home

Minnesota melodic thrashers UNDER EDEN have begun recording new material for their sophomore release. The follow-up to the 2005 debut "The Savage Circle" will be conceptual in nature, "preserving its predecessor's melodic style but displaying more death metal influence," according to a press release...

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DEADLY BLESSING Vows To Continue Following Singer's Departure

The remaining members of South New Jersey metal band DEADLY BLESSING have issued a statement regarding the sudden departure of singer Ski (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET yesterday). "DEADLY BLESSING is shocked and somewhat saddened to hear of Ski's sudden departure," the statement begins. "Al...

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DEW-SCENTED Finishes Recording New Album

German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have issued the following update: "We just returned from Jörg Uken's Soundlodge studio [GOD DETHRONED, OBSCENITY, MANDRAKE] [in Northern Germany] where we finished recording 12 new tracks and some bonus material for our next album. It's sounding killer already in its rou...

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SLIPKNOT Announces Special 'Voliminal: Inside The Nine' DVD Screenings

Multi-platinum, Grammy-winning, hard rock enigma SLIPKNOT has announced one-time-only screenings of their new breakthrough film "Voliminal: Inside the Nine" (Roadrunner Records). Screenings will take place in select cities on the day of the double DVD-set's commercial release, December 5. Markets in...

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DOWN: Photos From This Past Weekend's' 'Sunday Music Workshop Series' Available

DOWN members Pepper Keenan (guitar; also in CORROSION OF CONFORMITY),Jimmy Bower (drums; also in EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL),Kirk Windstein (guitar; also in CROWBAR),and Philip Anselmo (vocals; also in SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) performed at Tiptina's in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday (N...

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ILIUM Announces New Keyboardist

Swedish keyboardist Kaspar Dahlqvist, who has played with numerous acts, including DIONYSUS, STORMWIND, TREASURELAND and CIRCLE II CIRCLE, has joined the Australian metal band ILIUM for the recording of their fourth studio album. Recordings will commence during 2007. For more information, visit www....

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE Frontman Discusses Inspiration For 'Burden Of Truth'

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with CIRCLE II CIRCLE singer Zachary Stevens. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: What was it about this album that made you want to-why did you want to do a concept album, and why did you choose The Da Vinci ...

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DOWN To Perform In New Orleans Tomorrow

DOWN members Pepper Keenan (guitar; also in CORROSION OF CONFORMITY),Jimmy Bower (drums; also in EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL),Kirk Windstein (guitar; also in CROWBAR),and Philip Anselmo (vocals; also in SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) will perform at Tiptina's in New Orleans, Louisiana tomorrow...

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FOREST SILENCE's 'Philosophy of Winter' Album Out Now

Candlelight Records has just released the full-length debut from Hungarian act FOREST SILENCE. Formed by keyboard player Winter in 1997 as a side project of SEAR BLISS, FOREST SILENCE released three unique demos — "The Third Winter" in 1997, "Winter Circle" in 1999 and "Eternal Winter" in 2001 — bef...

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Holland's ROADBURN Festival: More Artists Confirmed

Long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS have been confirmed as the headliner of the 12th annual Roadburn Festival, which will take place April 20-21, 2007 at the 013 Club in Tilburg, The Netherlands. NEUROSIS will perform an exclusive European show at th...

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JON OLIVA: 'To Me SAVATAGE Was Never SAVATAGE After CRISS Died'

Metal-Temple.com / Rock Hard writer Orpheus Spiliotopoulos recently conducted an in-depth interview with SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: I'd like to ask you why you left SPV Records and how [much] better do you feel it is with AFM Records now? Jon Oliva: "The SPV...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE Frontman To Guest On 'Metal Reigns' Tomorrow

CIRCLE II CIRCLE vocalist Zak Stevens will be the featured live interview on the "Metal Reigns" web radio show this Thursday, November 9 at 7:00 p.m. EST (4:00 p.m. PST). Tune in to KWTF The Edge tomorrow at www.kwtfworldwide.com to hear what Zak has to say and for your chance to call in ...

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The Dead Eye

What to make of this new HAUNTED album? It's hard to take it out of context and judge it on its own merits — on one hand, you have the band's formidable back catalog to measure it against, a smorgasbord of modern-day Swedish thrash that renders 95% of their colleagues obsolete. Tied to that is ...