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TRIVIUM Bassist Says Next Album Will Be 'Heavier' Than 'In Waves'
On February 27, Brendan Crabb of Australia's Loud magazine conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Corey Beaulieu and bassist Paolo Gregoletto of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: Where do you see the next TRIVIUM album headed? Paolo: I think it...March 5, 2012
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CHRISTOPHER AMOTT: 'I Have Left ARCH ENEMY To Pursue My Solo Career'
Guitarist Christopher Amott has released the following statement regarding his departure from Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY: "I have left ARCH ENEMY to pursue my solo career. I'm gonna continue to be very active in music, working with all kinds of styles — this does not rule out metal....March 5, 2012
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MESHUGGAH Guitarist: If People Say That We Have Inspired Them In Any Way, I Think It's Awesome
Joe Charupakorn of PremierGuitar.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mårten Hagström of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PremierGuitar.com: What was the writing process for [the new MESHUGGAH album] "Koloss"? Mårten: It...March 5, 2012
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ARCH ENEMY Parts Ways With CHRISTOPHER AMOTT, Taps ARSIS Guitarist
Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have amicably parted ways with guitarist Christopher Amott and have replaced him with 26-year-old American musician Nick Cordle (ARSIS). Christopher — the brother of ARCH ENEMY's other guitarist Michael Amott — was a member of ARCH ENEMY from 1996 to 2005...March 5, 2012
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DYING FETUS: Performance Footage Of New Song Available
Fan-filmed video footage of Maryland extreme metallers DYING FETUS performing a brand new song, "Invert The Idols", on March 2 at Bogie's in Albany, New York can be seen below. The track comes off the band's new album, "Reign Supreme", which will be released mid-2012 via Relapse Records. The CD was...March 5, 2012
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SOULFLY: Performance Footage Of New Song Available
Video footage of SOULFLY performing the new song "Revengeance" on February 25 at Via Marquês (moved from Santana Hall) in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. Joining SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera on stage to sing the track were his son Igor Cavalera Jr. and stepson Richie Cavalera. SOU...March 5, 2012
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Torture
CANNIBAL CORPSE drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz's description of one aspect of 12th studio album "Torture" as "the frenzied attack of 'Butchered at Birth' (1991) or 'Tomb Of The Mutilated' (1992)", is quite accurate. There is a direct, often unhinged lethality about it that does indeed remind of the contr...March 4, 2012
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Utilitarian
Well, of course, NAPALM DEATH has launched the Occupy Napalm movement. You weren't expecting Barney Greenway to announce that he's teamed up with Bill O'Reilly for a new propagandistic "news" program on Fox, did you? New album "Utilitarian" presents no downplaying of the refreshingly informed sociop...March 4, 2012
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Global Flatline
You've got to hand it to ABORTED vocalist (and only remaining original member) Sven de Caluwé who remains committed to his craft through thick and thin. The journeyman extreme metaller has kept the wheels of his death grinding massacre machine lubricated for maximum mileage. On "Global Flatline" Cal...March 4, 2012
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Xes and Strokes
I'm surprised that it wasn't until recently that I came across an extreme metal band called BEATEN TO DEATH. You'd think the name would have been taken years ago and used by at least one relatively "known" act, though I've not done even a cursory level of research to ascertain whether other acts wit...March 4, 2012
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TRAIL OF TEARS Announces New Drummer
Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS has announced the addition of drummer Bjørn to the group's ranks. A short introductory video of the band's latest addition can be seen below. TRAIL OF TEARS' longtime drummer Cato Jensen left the group in January in order to focus on other priorities. The first teaser for the...March 4, 2012
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BABYMETAL: Japanese Princesses Of 'Idol' Metal Are Back!
BABYMETAL, a heavy metal offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and death metal, will release a new single, "Like!", on March 7 via iTunes. A video for the edited version of the song — which combines pop with extreme metal gu...March 4, 2012
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GOD FORBID: Not Djent Yet
Guitarist/vocalist Doc Coyle of New Brunswick, New Jersey's melodic, thrash-metal warriors GOD FORBID has responded to online criticism that his band has "gone djent" on its new album, "Equilbrium", after the CD's first single, "Don't Tell Me What To Dream", was made available as an online stream la...March 3, 2012
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MALEVOLENT CREATION Drummer: 'We Have Officially Stopped Touring The U.S.'
MetalSerbia.com conducted an interview with drummer Gus Rios of Florida death metal veterans MALEVOLENT CREATION prior to the band's February 28 concert at Gun Klub in Belgrade, Serbia as part of the "Sounds Of Extreme Tour" tour with KRISIUN and VITAL REMAINS. You can now watch the chat below. When...March 3, 2012
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KRISIUN Joined By MALEVOLENT CREATION, VITAL REMAINS Members For VENOM Classic (Video)
Tony Lazaro (VITAL REMAINS) and Bret Hoffmann (MALEVOLENT CREATION) joined Brazilian death metal veterans KRISIUN on stage last night (Friday, March 2) at the RBF club in Sofia, Bulgaria to perform the VENOM classic "In Leage With Satan". You can see fan-filmed video footage of their appearance belo...March 3, 2012
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