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SLAYER: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Previously unseen footage of SLAYER in the studio recording their upcoming album, "Christ Illusion", has been made available at the Warner Bros. web site: Quicktime: 200k, 450k, 700k Windows Media: 220k, 300k, 450k, 700k "Christ Illusion" is SLAYER's first new studio ...

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New METALLICA Producer Spotlighted In USA TODAY

METALLICA's new producer Rick Rubin, who has previously worked with such artists as SLAYER, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and AUDIOSLAVE, is spotlighted in a new article on USAToday.com. Declared by Rolling Stone the most successful producer in any genre, Rubin is the oracle of audio, a studio savant whose...

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SLAYER Under Fire From Christian Groups

World Entertainment News Network is reporting that SLAYER are courting controversy among Christian groups by releasing sacrilegious artwork on their latest album. The cover for upcoming record, "Christ Illusion", depicts a tattooed and amputated Jesus Christ standing in a sea of blood and corpses, a...

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Ex-BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Forced To Sit Out SAVAGE CIRCUS Tour Dates

Former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch will be unable to perform any shows this year with his new band, SAVAGE CIRCUS, due to an unspecified medical/psychological condition. The following is Stauch's official statement on the matter: "Due to ongoing serious private problems in the past months m...

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ASTRAL DOORS: 'Astralism' To Be Reissued With Newly Written Bonus Track

Swedish metallers ASTRAL DOORS will re-release their third album, "Astralism", as a digipack, featuring a newly written bonus track, entitled "21st Century Medieval". "The sound on the album has been polished and has been remastered by a profesional," the band write on their web site. "This is how i...

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SUNSETH MIDNIGHT: Debut Album To Arrive In August

Brazilian rock band SUNSETH MIDNIGHT will release their debut album, entitled "Sun Seth", on August 10 via Hellion Records. The CD — which features fourteen tracks that cover a wide spectrum of musical styles, including gothic rock, hard rock/glam, doom, industrial/synthpop, and '80s pop-metal — was...

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SATYRICON Schedule Swedish In-Store Signing Session

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have scheduled an in-store signing sesion at CD Spesialisten in Gothenburg, Sweden on Friday, July 7 at 1:00 p.m. The band will perform at the Metaltown festival in Gothenburg later that night. The complete festival blling is as follows (in alphabetical order): CR...

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KINGDRAGON: Promo CD To Include WINGER Cover

KINGDRAGON, the new Greek melodic hard rock/metal act formed by keyboardist George Aspiotis (SPITFIRE, RAWSILK, NIGHTFALL) will release a promotional CD, entitled "Fire in the Sky", during August. The band, which formed earlier this year, is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on t...

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SLAYER's KING Says RICK RUBIN's Collaboration With METALLICA Was 'Slap In The Face'

Richard Bienstock of Guitar World magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with SLAYER members Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Guitar World: Rick Rubin is credited as executive producer on the [new SLAYER] record ["Christ Illusion"] — why not have him pr...

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ZAKK WYLDE: 'Everything DIMEBAG Did Came Out Awesome'

Debby Rao of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde. A few excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: Now you are going to be doing double duty [at Ozzfest] this year. You are also playing with Ozzy. Wylde: "Yeah, I always have a blast with...

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The Anatomy Of

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has had quite a run of phenomenal albums. This time the band decided to have a little fun with "The Anatomy Of", an album of 14 cover songs from a varied group of acts. Rather than rendering the originals unrecognizable, the quintet took songs from groups like MÖTLEY CRÜE,...

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SLAYER Recount VENOM 'Pissing' Incident

Decibel magazine (web site) has published an exclusive "oral history" of SLAYER, featuring interviews with all four original members, former drummers Paul Bostaph and John Dette, and various other associates, including label personnel and members of other bands. A few excerpts from the feature follo...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Bassist: Songwriting For New Album 'Is Going Really Well'

Bassist Nils Eriksson of the Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Songwriting is going really well. At this point we have quite an impressive bunch of roughly schetched out songs, for being us (this early on in the writing proce...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING: G3-Style Tour With DIMEBAG And ZAKK WYLDE Would 'Probably Have Happened'

Joel McIver (Total Guitar, Metal Hammer) recently conducted an interview with SLAYER's Kerry King. Some excerpts from the chat follow: On the new album, "Christ Illusion": McIver: Is there plenty of fast stuff on the new album? King: "Hell yeah, dude, it's mostly fast! If I write an album, the chanc...

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LEAVES' EYES: 'Legend Land' EP Enters German Chart At No. 75

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY (who are fronted by Liv's husband Alexander Krull) — have entered the German Top 100 single chart at position No. 75 with their latest EP, "Legend Land". As previously...