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As Above, So Below (reissue)

Lost and Found doesn't inundate the world with reissues, but when they do put something out, chances are you should pay attention and pick it up. That's definitely the case with FORCED ENTRY, a technical thrash power trio from the Pacific Northwest whose second album, "As Above So Below", remains on...

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Video Guitar Lessons Featuring TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK

Video footage of Rock House instructor Alex Skolnick of TESTAMENT teaching you how to map out a minor ii-V-i progression using arpeggios and modes, and how to play a ii-V-I progression in the key of Bb Major, can be viewed below. Alex is a founding member of TESTAMENT, one of the most influential me...

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STRUCTURE OF INHUMANITY To Film Two New Videos

STRUCTURE OF INHUMANITY, the "epic, melodic death/power metal" band featuring PYRAMAZE/ECHOTERRA keyboardist Jonah Weingarten, ex-ARSIS bassist Noah Martin, SUSPYRE vocalist Clay Barton, SUSPYRE drummer Gabe Marshall, and the twin axe assault of newcomers Mike Iuzzolino and Brandon Ellis, will film...

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MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL: 'The Next Record Is Gonna Be Our Best Record'

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Phil Demmel of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: MACHINE HEAD recorded a version of PANTERA's "Fucking Hostile" for a "Dimebag" Darrell tribu...

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FORBIDDEN/Ex-NEVERMORE Guitarist Joins Forces With Former BIOMECHANICAL, MERCENARY Members

Guitarist Steve Smyth (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE) has joined forces with former members of BIOMECHANICAL and MERCENARY in a new, as-yet-unnamed new project. The group's lineup is as follows: Jamie Hunt (BIOMECHANICAL) - Guitar Adrian Lambert (BIOMECHANICAL) - Bass Morten Sørensen (ANUBIS GATE,...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Talks About Upcoming Tour With SLAYER, MEGADETH

Mark Morton of Examiner.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Examiner.com: I know in interviews you did over the summer, you mentioned that you were planning to enter the studio i...

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STRUCTURE OF INHUMANITY: First Track Posted Online

STRUCTURE OF INHUMANITY, the melodic power/death metal band featuring main songwriter and keyboardist Jonah Weingarten (PYRAMAZE, ECHOTERRA),vocalist Clay Barton (SUSPYRE),bassist Noah Martin (ARSIS),and up-and-coming guitarist Mike Iuzzolino, has posted its first track, "The Passing Phase", on t...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed By ROCK MY MONKEY; Audio Available

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. TESTAMENT is preparing to take the stage once again in support of its highly acclaimed 2008 release, "The...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE, UNEARTH, HATE ETERNAL Members Interviewed On 'Creep Show' Video Podcast

UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi, HATE ETERNAL frontman Erik Rutan and CANNIBAL CORPSE drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz were interviewed for this this week's episode of Noisecreep's "Creep Show", which can be viewed below. CANNIBAL CORPSE, UNEARTH and HATE ETERNAL have just completed a North American tour with H...

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MASTER Completes Recording New Album

Legendary death metallers MASTER have completed recording their tenth full-length album, entitled "The Human Machine", for an early 2010 release via Pulverised Records. Commented MASTER founder/frontman Paul Speckmann: "MASTER are in the studio mixing and mastering soon. Things are going very well a...

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BYFROST Signs With PAINKILLER RECORDS

Netherlands-based Painkiller Records (a sub-label of Apollon Entertainment UN Limited) has added Norwegian extreme metallers BYFROST to its roster, and will release the band's debut full-length album, "Black Earth", in the spring. The follow-up to the band's self-released EP "Byfrostmetal", "Black E...

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ACRASSICAUDA: 'Garden Of Stones' Video Available

"Garden Of Stones", the new video from the Iraqi heavy metal band ACRASSICAUDA, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's debut EP, "Only The Dead See The End Of The War", which will be released on March 9, 2010 via VICE Records. Recorded in 2009 following the band's final relocation to th...

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TESTAMENT: Deluxe Tour Edition Of 'The Formation Of Damnation' Detailed

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT are preparing to take the stage once again in support of their highly acclaimed 2008 release, "The Formation Of Damnation". TESTAMENT will be hitting the road as special guests with fellow thrash legends MEGADETH and SLAYER on the "American Carnage" to...

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DEFIANCE Plays First Show In 15 Years; Video Available

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE played their first show since 1994 this past Saturday, December 19 at Blake's on Telegraph in Berkeley, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. DEFIANCE's current lineup includes the band's latest additions, Shawn B...

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UNEARTH To Headline 'Atticus Metal Tour'

Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH will headline for the second installment of the highly successful Atticus Metal Tour. The trek will take place in the spring of 2010 and will feature support from STICK TO YOUR GUNS, VEIL OF MAYA, THE GHOST INSIDE, CARNIFEX and YOUR DEMISE on select dates. Keep an eye...