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DEICIDE Drummer Interviewed By INVADE TV (Video)

Invade TV recently conducted an interview with drummer Steve Asheim of Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE. You can now watch the chat below. DEICIDE's latest album, "In The Minds Of Evil", sold 2,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. Issued on November 25 via Century Media...

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Retrospect

Symphonic metal has its enthusiasts and its haters. With so many practitioners of the form, there's been little much else to say that hasn't been said already. Then again, you have EPICA, a band that's heavier than the norm in this sanction and you just knew one day they were going to lay down somet...

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No One is Alone if No One is Alive

If you've ever seen Chicago's CZAR perform live, the temptation to compare them to NEUROSIS and, to lesser degrees, A STORM OF LIGHT, is inescapable. This trio rolls their set with little illumination outside of white light flushes below and rolling projections of terror behind them. Yet, CZAR's mus...

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DEATH ANGEL's ROB CAVESTANY Speaks To GuitarMania.eu (Video)

GuitarMania.eu conducted an interview with DEATH ANGEL guitarist and founding member Rob Cavestany on December 2 at the Szene in Vienna, Austria. They also went through a rig rundown of Rob's and Ted Aguilar's equipment with their guitar technician Florian Schluck. DEATH ANGEL's seventh album, "The...

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The Art of an Endless Creation

Originally released in 2008 as a partial tribute to DIES IRAE/VADER drummer extraordinaire Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski, Metal Mind Productions resurrects "The Art of an Endless Creation" live package. There's a DVD companion to this eight-song live set recorded at the 2005 Metalmania fest in Spodek,...

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ONE MACHINE Featuring Ex-TESTAMENT, MERCENARY, Ex-MNEMIC Members: Debut Album Due In February

ONE MACHINE, the brainchild of acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE, FORBIDDEN, DRAGONLORD, VICIOUS RUMORS),has inked a deal with Scarlet Records. The band's debut album, "The Distortion Of Lies And The Overdriven Truth", will be released on February 18, 2014. The CD was...

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WAYNE STATIC: 'I Thought I Was Gonna Kill Myself'

Earlier this week, Keven Skinner of Gotham News conducted an interview with former STATIC-X leader and current solo artist Wayne Static. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Gotham News: The last time we spoke, we talked about the old STATIC-X band dynamic and you had mentioned it was mo...

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CARCASS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, GORGUTS To Join Forces For 'Decibel Magazine Tour'

Decibel magazine's third cross-country domination — set to take place next spring — will feature death metal demigods CARCASS alongside melodeath powerhouse THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, technical death metal heroes GORGUTS and emerging death/thrash squad NOISEM. The third time's the harm, as CARCASS — t...

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SUPERSUCKERS Sign With STEAMHAMMER/SPV

SUPERSUCKERS have inked a deal with Steamhammer/SPV. The band's new album, "Get The Hell", will be released in Europe on January 27, 2014 (three days earlier in Germany). The effort will be made available as a digipak CD or a limited-edition LP with one vinyl-only bonus track and CD version of the a...

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ICED EARTH: New Video Teaser For Upcoming Album, Tour

Metal titans ICED EARTH make their triumphant return with the January 21, 2014 release of new studio album, "Plagues Of Babylon", on Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at Principal Studios (KREATOR, IN EXTREMO, GRAVE DIGGER) in Senden, Germany and was mixed at NHow Studios in Berlin, Germany...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Announces New Lineup

Drummer Thomas Caser of Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has issued the following update: "VISIONS OF ATLANTIS warmly welcomes French soprano Clémentine Delauney and Austrian singer Siegfried Samer as new front vocalists! In addition, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS is going 'back to the roots'...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: I Don't Know Why VINNIE PAUL Is Scared Of Me

PANTERA/DOWN vocalist Philip Anselmo recently spoke to Loudwire about the moment he knew PANTERA was over and how he misses having a friendship with the band's drummer, Vinnie Paul Abbott. "It is unfortunate," Anselmo said about the rift between him and Vinnie Paul (see video below). "I am a music f...

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DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS Releases 'All That Is Now' Piano Album

Jordan Rudess, best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for the Grammy-nominated prog rock band DREAM THEATER, has released his latest solo piano recording, "All That Is Now". The album contains 13 pieces, composed and performed by Jordan on his favorite instrument, a 9-foo...

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THROWDOWN To Release 'Intolerance' In January

Southern California metal act THROWDOWN will release its new album, "Intolerance", on January 21, 2014 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2009's "Deathless" was recorded at Hurley Recordings in Costa Mesa, California with rising producer Davey Warsop and mixed at Planet Z. "Intolerance" features guita...

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MAYAN: Second 'Antagonise' Trailer Released

MAYAN — the band featuring EPICA guitarist/songwriter Mark Jansen alongside Jack Driessen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) and Frank Schiphorst — will release its sophomore album, "Antagonise", on January 31, 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records. The 11-song CD, which was recorded at Sandlane studio with producer Joost...