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RAMMING SPEED's 'Brainwreck' To Be Released On Vinyl

Brutal Panda Records has announced the release of the second LP by Boston's new thrash heroes RAMMING SPEED, entitled "Brainwreck". The CD was recorded at New Alliance Studios (ISIS, CONVERGE, BONES BRIGADE) and released earlier this year via TDB Records. Available on wax for the first time this Jan...

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SLAYER, AUDREY HORNE, ENSLAVED Members Talk Christmas; Video Available

Members of SLAYER, AUDREY HORNE and ENSLAVED are featured in a Metal Hammer Christmas video special which can be viewed at this location. A couple of video excepts are available below. The members of SLAYER spent a couple of weeks in a Southern California recording studio in October tracking three n...

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THE CHELSEA SMILES Signs With DR2/DEMOLITION RECORDS

THE CHELSEA SMILES, a rock 'n roll/glam band formed in 2004 featuring guitarist Todd Youth (ex-MURPHYS LAW, D-GENERATION, DANZIG),bassist Johnny Martin and drummer Karl "Rockfist" Rosqvist, has signed a worldwide licensing deal with DR2/Demolition Records to release the group's new CD. The as-yet-u...

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Finland's VANGUARD To Release New Album In January

"Hydralchemy", the follow-up to 2005's "Succumbra" by the Finnish gothic dark metallers VANGUARD, will be released in Finland on January 14, 2009 via Shadow World Records (with distribution through Supersounds Music). The limited digipak edition includes ten fresh VANGUARD tracks, and an alluring co...

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UNLEASHED: Warsaw Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of UNLEASHED's December 7, 2008 concert at Progresja in Warsaw, Poland can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "Zwierzak26"). UNLEASHED's ninth full-length album, "Hammer Battalion", sold 370 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen Sound...

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SPV To Celebrate 25th Anniversary

SPV will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2009. The label from Hanover, Germany was launched 25 years ago — on January 1, 1984 to be precise. What started with the sampler "Soundtrack zum Untergang" and bands such as TOXOPLASMA, SLIME, SODOM and DESTRUCTION soon threatened to burst the seams of the...

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CANDLEMASS: New Album Samples Available

Four audio snippets from the forthcoming, as-yet-untitled new album from Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS — "Hammer Of Doom", "If I Ever Die", "Demon Of The Deep" and "Funeral Dreams" — have been posted on the MySpace page of the European branch of Nuclear Blast Records. They will be available online...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Confirmed For Sweden's PUTTE I PARKEN Festival

Swedish metallers SONIC SYNDICATE have been confirmed for next year's Putte I Parken festival, set to take place July 29 - August 1, 2009 in Karlskoga, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are IGGY & THE STOOGES, BULLET and PILGRIMZ, among many other acts. For more information, go to www.putteiparke...

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SACRED REICH: Eindhoven Show Announced

Reactivated Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH will perform at the Dynamo club in Eindhoven, Holland on May 30. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: May 30 - Dynamo – Eindhoven, Holland May 31 - Rock Hard - Gelsenkirchen, Germany Jun. 20 - Hellfest - Clisson, France Jun. 26 - Bang Your Hea...

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AC/DC Frontman Signs Book Deal To Release Collection Of Thoughts And Anecdotes

Gerry Galipault of HeraldTribune.com recently conducted an interview with AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On "Black Ice", AC/DC's first album in eight years, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in its debut week and has since topped 1.6 million in the United Sta...

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MAROON Covers SAMAEL's 'Baphomet's Throne'; Audio Available

German modern metal machine MAROON recently recorded a cover version of SAMAEL's "Baphomet's Throne" for the Century Media Records 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which was released in North America on October 14. The track is now available for streaming at this location. The all-co...

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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On KKFI 90.1 FM

Journalist Greg Prato, whose work has appeared in a variety of sites and magazines, including All Music Guide, Billboard.com, RollingStone.com, Record Collector, and Classic Rock, will be interviewed by Stormin' Norman of Kansas City's KKFI 90.1 FM on Monday, December 22 at 7:00 a.m. CST. Greg will...

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METALLICA: 'All Nightmare Long' Video Director Speaks

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine spoke to Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober) who created the new METALLICA video, "All Nightmare Long". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Hammer: What was the band's first reaction? Roboshob: Very positive: emails from James [Hetfield] and Kirk [Hammett] were p...

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SONIC SYNDICATE's 'Jack Of Diamonds' Video Viewed More Than Million Times On YouTube

The "Jack of Diamonds" video from Swedish metallers SONIC SYNDICATE has been viewed more than one million times on YouTube. The clip, which can be seen below, was shot with director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL) of Revolver Film Company. Ullaeus previously worked with the band on the tw...

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ETHS Recruits EYELESS Drummer

Marseille, France-based female-fronted metalcore band ETHS has recruited EYELESS drummer Morgan. A photo of the group's new lineup can be viewed below. Vocalist Candice of ETHS spoke to the German edition of the Metal Hammer magazine about the group's video for the song "Bulimiarexia". The interview...