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VIRGIN STEELE Completes Work On New Album

U.S. metallers VIRGIN STEELE will release their new album, "The Black Light Bacchanalia", via SPV/Steamhammer on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: October 22 Rest of Europe: October 25 USA, Canada: November 9 The effort will be made available as limited-edition digipak, standard CD...

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After Shock

Anyone else think "SPACE HEATER" when they read SPACE EATER? Neither here nor there I know. What you stand to find out is something that thus far many have completely overlooked since SPACE EATER doesn't have a hype machine behind it, the kind of machine that churns out so much, often hollow, praise...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT On His Guitar Playing: 'I Am No EDDIE VAN HALEN, But I Am Still Learning'

On September 15, Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: Have you started in any manner the songwriting process for the next METALLICA studio album? Hammett: No, but we do ha...

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AGALLOCH To Release 'Marrow Of The Spirit' In November

Pacific Northwest band AGALLOCH will release its new album, "Marrow Of The Spirit", on November 23 via Profound Lore Records. Just as AGALLOCH's last three releases — "Pale Folklore", "The Mantle" and "Ashes Against The Grain" — all differed from each other, "Marrow Of The Spirit" is unlike anything...

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DARKSIDE: New Lineup Announced

Austria's longest-running death metal band DARKSIDE has announced its brand new lineup. It is as follows: * Bernd Brodträger (BLED DRY, PEREAT, DEVANIC) - Guitar * Janos Murri (DEMOLITION, PRIORITY) - Guitar * Andrea Rabuini (INFERNAL POETRY, EPHEL DUATH) - Drums * Wolf - Vocals DARKSIDE is still lo...

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METALLICA To Release 'Six Feet Down Under' EP

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "We're getting psyched up for our return to Australia and New Zealand next week . . . It's been six long years since we've visited and we're ready to throw down! The nice people at Universal Music were so darn excited that th...

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Swedish All-Girl Metal Band FRANTIC AMBER Releases 'Wrath Of Judgement' Video

"Wrath Of Judgement", the new video from the Stockholm, Sweden-based all-girl metal band FRANTIC AMBER, can be viewed below. According to a press release, FRANTIC AMBER has "in a short period of time . . . risen from unknowns to to be courted by smaller record labels and got a steadily rising fanbas...

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ATHEIST: 'Jupiter' Artwork Unveiled

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST will release their long-awaited fourth album, "Jupiter", on November 9 (one day earlier internationally) via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at LedBelly studios in Atlanta, Georgia with engineer Matt Washburn and was mixed by Jason Suecof (TRI...

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Genesis to Nemesis

Finally a new release from INFERNAEON, the Florida band that offered a fresh take on the Tampa sound with their 2007 debut "A Symphony of Suffering". Well, more like a reinvention since the sound of the album was symphonic death/black metal (more death than black at the time) and succeeded in distan...

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ATHEIST: 'Jupiter' Track Listing Revealed

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have set "Jupiter" as the title of their long-awaited fourth album, tentatively due in November via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at LedBelly studios in Atlanta, Georgia with engineer Matt Washburn and was mixed by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHI...

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MADDER MORTEM Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

MADDER MORTEM, Norway's darling of the avant-garde, has issued the following update: "Odd [Eivind Ebbesen, guitar] has, after much pondering, left MADDER MORTEM, and it was a very tough decision. We sincerely thank him for all the music, magic, great times, blood, sweat and tears we've shared since...

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Into the Crypts of Blasphemy

I can't say I was surprised that an album of true blue old school Swedish death metal released on Pulverised came across so well, aurally speaking. The dedicated operators of the Singaporean label have keen ears for that sort of thing, AXIS POWERS' effort from last year an example that comes immedia...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER To Appear On THE GOLF CHANNEL

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer will appear on The Golf Channel's popular "Grey Goose 19th Hole" show Wednesday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT. Tommy will be on to discuss his hosting of the sold-out Pacific University's 2010 Legends Golf Classic August 1-2 at the Reserve Vineyards and Golf Clu...

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RAVEN, ANVIL CHORUS, BLIND ILLUSION To Perform At This Weekend's TIDAL WAVE Festival

RAVEN, ANVIL CHORUS and BLIND ILLUSION are among the confirmed bands for the 2010 edition of the Tidal Wave free outdoor metal festival, set to take place July 24-25 at John McLaren Park's Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in San Francisco, California. The festival billing is as follows: Saturday, July 24:...

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DANGEROUS TOYS/BROKEN TEETH Frontman Interviewed

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted a lengthy interview with vocalist Jason McMaster (DANGEROUS TOYS, BROKEN TEETH). The chat can now be viewed in two parts below. BROKEN TEETH's new album, "Viva La Rock, Fantastico", was released on January 26 via Perris Records. Featuring 13 all-...