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ATREYU: Pre-Album-Release Activities Detailed

Just in time for Halloween, Orange County hard rock veterans ATREYU have teamed up with video game creator Jason Oda ("Dropkick the Faint") for the first-person shooter "Metalhead Zombies", which fans can play on the band's MySpace page. Biting a fleshy chunk from "Night of the Living Dead" and "Res...

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SIGH's MIRAI KAWASHIMA Featured On New POST MORTEM Album

'80s Boston punk metal pioneers POST MORTEM have just released a new album, "Message From The Dead", via the band's own Taboo Productions. Formed in 1982 in the outskirts of Boston, POST MORTEM's early releases pre-date virtually any of the major death metal albums often cited as the first U.S. deat...

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AVANTASIA's Next Chapter Will Be Spread Over Two Albums

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has decided that the forthcoming chapter from his AVANTASIA project will be spread over two albums. He explained: "I have always given my very best, but this new chapter in AVANTASIA's history is too much and too ambitious to be just a regular album. I have worked on it...

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ELIS: Audio Samples Of Two New Songs Posted Online

Liechtenstein-based gothic metallers ELIS have posted audio samples of two new songs — "Firefly" and "I Come Undone" (JENNIFER RUSH cover) — on their MySpace page. Both tracks will appear on the band's new album, "Catharsis", which will be released via Napalm Records on the following dates: Nov. 25...

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PROMETHEAN HORDE: New Live Video Posted Online

PROMETHEAN HORDE, the Tampa, Florida-based black/death metal band featuring members of PATHS OF POSSESSION and FALL TO PREY, recently entered D.O.W. Studios in Seffner, Florida to begin recording its debut EP, "Bring Forth The Fires", for a tentative late November release via Death n Decay Records....

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DESPISED ICON Frontman Interviewed By CAPITAL CHAOS; Video Available

Capital Chaos conducted an interview with vocalist Alex Erian of Montreal extreme metallers DESPISED ICON on October 4, 2009 at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California. Watch the chat in two parts below. "Day Of Mourning", the new album from DESPISED ICON, sold around 3,000 copies in the United Stat...

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ROUGH SILK's FERDY DOERNBERG To Release Solo Album

English/German slide guitar/keyboard player and singer/songwriter Ferdy Doernberg (ROUGH SILK) has completed work on his new solo album, "Travelling Light", for a December release via Rebellion Records. Most of the CD was recorded at Ferdy's studio (the Droehnwerk) in Bad Nenndorf, with additional r...

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METALLICA Bassist Jams With RODRIGO Y GABRIELA In Chicago

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo joined RODRIGO Y GABRIELA — the dynamic Mexican duo who became international world-music superstars with their self-titled album of aggressive acoustic guitars and irresistible Latin rhythms — on stage this past Friday night (October 16) at the Riviera Theatre in Ch...

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RECIPROCAL Splits With UNIQUE LEADER, Announces CD Release

Southern California technical death metallers RECIPROCAL have parted ways with Unique Leader Records. According to the band, "the split was mutual [and] this will not affect our progress." RECIPROCAL's self-titled debut album was recorded at Mad Dog Studios with engineer Samur Khouja and will be rel...

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MARKY RAMONE'S BLITZKRIEG: New Tour Dates Announced

MARKY RAMONE'S BLITZKRIEG, the band led by former RAMONES drummer Marky Ramone, has scheduled the following dates: Saturday, October 24 @ 7:00 p.m. El Mexicano Rock Fest: El Tri, La Cuca, Marky Ramone Santa Clara Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA Price: $40 Saturday, October 31 @ 8:00 p.m. Soaring Eagle Cas...

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'Glorious Times': A Pictorial Of The Death Metal Scene Book Details Revealed

Former metal fanzine editors Alan Moses (Buttface 'zine) and Brian Pattison (Chainsaw Abortions 'zine) are putting the finishing touches on a book unlike any other. Instead of the standard "history-of" book, "Glorious Times" will showcase rare (many never-before-seen) pictures from the death metal s...

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HAIL! Joined By TESTAMENT/Ex-SLAYER Drummer PAUL BOSTAPH

The all-star band HAIL! is at it again. Fresh off their tour of Scandinavia, they have announced the that heralded drummer Paul Bostaph (SLAYER, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN) will join them for their upcoming dates in November and December. Bostaph will perform alongside bassist David Ellefson, sing...

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ATREYU: 'Storm To Pass' Video Released

"Storm to Pass", the new video from Orange County, California's ATREYU, can be viewed below. The clip was shot September 22-23 in the desert near Palm Springs, California and was directed by Sean Stiegemeier, who has worked with the band on clips for "Falling Down", "Doomsday", "The Crimson" and "Li...

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TARJA TURUNEN Interviewed In Zagreb; Video Available

A video interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen conducted by 24ur.com on October 6, 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia can be viewed below. Also available is fan-filmed video footage from the Zagreb concert. The lineup of Turunen's band for the "Final Storm Tour 2009", which kicked off on Septembe...

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SEVENTH CALLING: 'Blood Of The Divine' Video Released

"Blood of the Divine", the new video from Las Vegas metallers SEVENTH CALLING, can be viewed below. The clip was shot and produced by Lance Swain and will be included — along with wallpapers and new recordings of several songs — on the group's new EP, entitled "Prelude to Madness". "Prelude to Madne...