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CRYSTAL VIPER: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

The brand new studio album from the the Polish female-fronted heavy metal squad CRYSTAL VIPER, titled "Metal Nation", will be released on February 1 through Karthago Records (CD version) and High Roller Records (limited vinyl version). The CD was recorded at the brand new MP Studio in Poland with en...

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THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER Guitarist Begins Work On New Material

Guitarist Kinky Pork Cream of the Canadian cult metal band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. PILEDRIVER) has issued the following update: "We finally have a new album and we are working on a tour of Europe for this summer. Also there are plans for many more Canadian dates. Hopefully these plans go thro...

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TESTAMENT Takes Top Honors In 2008 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below). "The Top 25 countdown show...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION Seeking 'Normal-Looking' Extras For New Video

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have issued the following update: "We will be filming the rest of the 'Regret & the Grave' video (this is the 'storyline part') in the Burbank/northern Los Angeles area and we can use the following regular, everyday, 'normal-looking folks': moms, d...

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AUTUMN Schedules 'Altitude' CD-Release Party

Dutch female-fronted metallers AUTUMN have scheduled a CD-release party for their fourth studio album, "Altitude", on Friday, February 13 at Tivoli-De Helling in Utrecht, Holland. The artwork for "Altitude" can be viewed below. The CD was recorded at Arno Krabman's Graveland Studio and was mixed and...

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ENSLAVED's 'Vertebrae' Crowned TERRORIZER Magazine's 'Album Of The Year'

As 2008 draws to an end, Terrorizer magazine staff and writers have donned their headphone to deliberate over which album should be crowned with the hallowed title of album of the year, an honor roll that sees its awardee join a heady list topped previously by DEATHSPELL OMEGA, MESHUGGAH, CELTIC FRO...

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FATAL SMILE Singer's Home Destroyed In Fire

Vocalist Blade of the Swedish hard rock band FATAL SMILE received the terrible news early yesterday while he was on his holiday in Thailand that his house was on fire (see photo below). According to a press release, 13 fire trucks fought the blaze for over 12 hours but couldn't save the singer's hom...

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LIZZY BORDEN: Footage From Palencia Available

Fan-filmed video footage of LIZZY BORDEN's December 13, 2008 performance in Palencia, Spain can be viewed below. LIZZY BORDEN's latest album, "Appointment with Death", was released in the U.S. on October 30, 2007 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Lizzy and Joey Scott. It was recorded a...

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TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED: New Album Title Revealed

U.K. death/grind band TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED has set "The Great Depression" as the title of its second album, due in early 2009 via Rising/Metal Blade. The group says, "We are all really happy with the outcome and think [the fans] are really gonna like what we have done." TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED will f...

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SANITY OBSCURE: Debut EP Out Now

Singapore's SANITY OBSCURE released its debut EP, "Dethrone the King", on October 16, 2008. According to a press release, the EP contains "four tracks of blistering technical thrash metal which is energetic, aggressive and includes twists in the songwriting department." The CD includes the tracks "D...

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Drummer KEVIN TALLEY To Guest On ABSENCE OF THE SACRED Album

Singapore-based death/thrash metallers ABSENCE OF THE SACRED have tapped DAATH's Kevin Talley — who has previously recorded and/or toured with DYING FETUS, CHIMAIRA, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE RED CHORD, HATE ETERNAL, M.O.D., MISERY INDEX and SUFFOCATION — to lay down the drum tracks on their upco...

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LIZZY BORDEN Interviewed In Greece; Video Available

Metalzone.gr's Elena Mihailidou and Vassilis Mazaris conducted an interview with LIZZY BORDEN frontman/namesake on December 15, 2008 when the band performed for the first time ever in Greece. Watch the 21-minute chat below. LIZZY BORDEN's latest album, "Appointment with Death", was released in the U...

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BORN FROM PAIN: 'Warfare' 7" Single Due In February

Reaper Records will release a new seven-inch single from Dutch metallic hardcore heroes BORN FROM PAIN called "Warfare". The five-song effort will contain selections from the band's latest CD, "Survival", with tentative plans to follow it up with a second seven-inch single containing the album's rem...

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KASATURA: 'Sacred Suicide' Live Video Available

Turkish thrashers KASATURA have posted video footage of the band's first performance in support of their debut EP, "Cruel Killer". The "Sacred Suicide" clip was shot at Ankarock Festival's fourth installment which took place in one of the more popular clubs in Ankara. "Cruel Killers" consists of fou...

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EVOCATION Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

Swedish death metal band EVOCATION has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place May 29-31, 2009 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGEL WITCH AUDREY HORNE BULLET CHILDREN OF BODOM DESTRÖYER 666...