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REVEREND BIZARRE's 21-Minute Doom Epic Enters Finnish Chart At No. 2

Lauded as the leading contenders of purist doom, Finland's REVEREND BIZARRE have achieved the seemingly impossible by putting their twenty-one minute, single-track CD, "Slaves of Satan", into the national Finnish single chart at No. 2! The Lohja-based trio, consisting of vocalist/bassist Magister Al...

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SEXTRASH: Brazilian Death Metallers Are Back

After eight years of silence, Brazilian death metallers SEXTRASH are back. The band quit in 1997 after the tragic death of lead vocalist Oswald Scheid in a car crash. The band have just signed a deal with Cogumelo Records and are currently working on a new album. "There's a lot of crap [out there] t...

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DEBRIS INC. Cancel East Coast Tour

DEBRIS INC., the new group featuring SAINT VITUS mainman Dave Chandler and ex-TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, have been forced to postpone their previously announced East Coast tour dates between Lansing, MI (May 22) and Emissions in Youngstown, OH (May 29). "We hope that gas prices go down and that ou...

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CRUCIFIST Schedule Live Debut

CRUCIFIST, a new Rochester, NY-based black metal band featuring Dan Lilker (bass; S.O.D., BRUTAL TRUTH, NUCLEAR ASSAULT),Mike Waske (drums; ORODRUIN),John Gallo (guitar, vocals; ORODRUIN) and Ron Blackwell (vocals),will play their first live show Friday, May 6 at the Penny Arcade in Rochester. CR...

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CONFESSOR Begin Recording New Album

Vocalist Scott Jeffreys of the reunited progressive doom-metal legends CONFESSOR has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "CONFESSOR has just started recording for the full-length record, 'Unraveled'. We are currently laying down drum tracks at Osceola Studio in Raleigh, NC. with legendary...

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HIRAX Replace SODOM At MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 2 Festival

Reunited Los Angeles metallers HIRAX have replaced SODOM on the billing of this weekend's Minneapolis Mayhem 2 festival. As previously reported, SODOM cancelled their previously announced appearance at the festival "due to the fact that they did not get their paper work from the delivery service to...

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LINKIN PARK Refuses To Record For WARNER

The Associated Press is reporting that LINKIN PARK wants to end its contract with Warner Music Group Corp. because it is unhappy with the financial implications of the company's impending initial public offering, the band said Monday. The band, which blended rap and rock on best-selling albums like...

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SODOM Cancel MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 2 Appearance

German thrashers SODOM have officially cancelled their previously announced appearance at this weekend's Minneapolis Mayhem 2 festival. According to the event's organizers, "SODOM canceled the show due to the fact that they did not get their paper work from the delivery service to get their work vis...

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EPICA Enter Dutch Album Chart At No. 12

According to a post on EPICA's official web site, the band's sophomore album, "Consign to Oblivion", entered the official Dutch album chart at position No. 12 in its first week of release. The follow-up to 2003's "The Phantom Agony", "Consign to Oblivion" is available on Transmission Records. EPICA...

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(N)utopia

While melodic black metal may have been an accurate description for Italy's GRAVEWORM across several albums since 1997, on "(N)utopia" the black metal parts fit only in bits and pieces. A machine-like delivery that consists of industrial-tinged chugging riffs, a marginally pensive rhythm section, an...

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NAILBOMB: 'Live At Dynamo' DVD To Surface In July

Roadrunner Records U.K. has announced that NAILBOMB, the cult punk/metal side-project put together by Max Cavalera (SEPULTURA, SOULFLY) and Alex Newport (FUDGE TUNNEL),will release a specially low-priced DVD, called "Live at Dynamo", on July 4. The disc features a full raw live recording of NAILBOM...

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EPICA And PAIN OF SALVATION To Headline PROGPOWER EUROPE Festival

EPICA and PAIN OF SALVATION have been confirmed as the headliners of this year's edition of ProgPower Europe festival, set to take place October 1-2 in Baarlo, The Netherlands. The complete festival billing is as follows: Saturday, October 1: DISILLUSION (Germany) THROES OF DAWN (Finland) ORPHANED L...

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MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 2 Festival: Complete Lineup Announced

The complete lineup has been announced this year's Minneapolis Mayhem 2 festival, set to take place on May 6-7 at Star Central in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. It is as follows (first act on the bottom to the two co-headliners on the top): Friday, May 6: DEW-SCENTED USURPER NOVEMBER’S DOOM THROCULT E...

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AXAMENTA To Begin Recording New Album Next Week

Belgium's AXAMENTA, the former band of current EPICA bassist Yves Huts, will make their way to Hansen studio in Ribe, Denmark on Sunday, May 1 to begin recording their new album with producer Jacob Hansen (MERCENARY, RAUNCHY, ABORTED). Mixing and mastering will take place at Studio Fredman in Gothen...

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IMPALED NAZARENE: Live Album To Be Issued On Vinyl

Osmose Productions will be releasing a double 10" version of IMPALED NAZARENE's first-ever live album, entitled 'Death Comes In 26 Carefully Selected Pieces', according to a posting on the group's web site. "We will be working on the layout soon and this jewel will be out during summer 2005," the ba...