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The Dust of Years

If you haven't heard of SEVENTH ANGEL, don't feel too bad for your metal cred — their second-or-third-tier British take on late-'80s thrash came and went faster than you could say "XENTRIX". They delivered two underrated albums ("The Torment" and "Lament For the Weary"),which languished in the Chri...

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DEFIANCE: 'The Prophecy' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE will release their new album, "The Prophecy", on October 19 via Candlelight Records. The first collection of new music from DEFIANCE in over 15 years was recorded at Trident Studios and Greendot Studios in East Bay, California. The track listing for th...

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DEATH ANGEL Frontman Interviewed At METALCAMP; Video Available

Contraband Candy's René Ackermann conducted an interview with vocalist Mark Osegueda of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL at this year's Metalcamp festival, which was held on July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia. Watch the chat below. DEATH ANGEL's longtime drummer and original member Andre...

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WOLF Guitarist Interviewed; Video Available

Vicky Bradley (a.k.a. Vix the Angel Of Metal) conducted an interview with guitarist Johannes "Axeman" Losbäck of Swedish heavy metallers WOLF on August 8, 2009 at the Dean Owners of America U.K. faction party at the Albany Theatre in London, England. Watch the chat below. "Ravenous", the latest albu...

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MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO Interviewed At DEAN OWNERS OF AMERICA Event; Video Available

Vicky Bradley (a.k.a. Vix the Angel Of Metal) conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Angelo Batio (NITRO) on August 8, 2009 at the Dean Owners of America U.K. faction party at the Albany Theatre in London, England. Watch the seven-minute chat below. Batio recently collaborated with Metal Meth...

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ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY Issues New Album Update

U.K. death metallers ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY have issued the following update: "Our new album, 'The Reign Of Darkness', is now fully recorded. During this month it is being mixed by a good friend of ours, the one and only Erik Rutan from HATE ETERNAL/ex-MORBID ANGEL. You may know his work as he ha...

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Original ANGEL Bassist MICKIE JONES Loses Battle With Cancer

Mickie Jones, original bassist and founding member of the '70s rock band ANGEL, passed away yesterday (Saturday, September 5) in San Dimas, California after a long battle with liver cancer. His family said he died "peacefully and beautifully." Mickie performed on four ANGEL albums — "Angel" (1975),...

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DOOGIE WHITE: New Video Interview Available

Vicky Bradley (a.k.a. Vix the Angel Of Metal) conducted an interview with U.K.-based singer Doogie White (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW, CORNERSTONE, TANK) on August 8, 2009 at the Dean Owners of America U.K. faction party at the Albany Theatre in London, England. Watch the six-minute chat below. White...

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GIRLSCHOOL: New Video Interview Available

Vicky Bradley (a.k.a. Vix the Angel Of Metal) conducted an interview with the veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL on August 8, 2009 at the Dean Owners of America U.K. faction party at the Albany Theatre in London, England. Watch the seven-minute chat below. GIRLSCHOOL's 30th-anniver...

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DOMINANCE: Classic Demos To Be Made Available On CD For First Time

Two classic demos from the late '80s thrash act DOMINANCE will be released on CD for the first time on October 13 via Divebomb Records. This forward-thinking Philadelphia-area thrash band was formed from the ashes of cult heroes ANVIL BITCH. Their two demos — 1988's "Dominance" and 1990's "Look Wher...

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SKINLAB Frontman Discusses New Album

The Scream Queen recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans SKINLAB. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Scream Queen: Your new album, "The Scars Between Us", is set to debut on September 15. How excited are you guys...

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ECHOES OF ETERNITY: New Song Posted Online

Los Angeles female-fronted progressive metallers ECHOES OF ETERNITY are streaming a new song, "Twilight Fires", on their MySpace page. Commented guitarist/songwriter Brandon S. Patton: "When we wrote this song, we asked ourselves, 'What would it sound like if Francine [Boucher, vocalist] was singing...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'The Root Of All Evil' Limited Edition Details Revealed

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY will release a new album, "The Root Of All Evil", on September 28 in Europe and October 6 in North America via Century Media Records. This special collection features re-recorded versions of songs from the band's first three LPs — "Black Earth" (1996),"St...

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3 To Release 'Revisions' In October

Woodstock, New York progressive rockers 3 will release their new album, "Revisions", on October 26 in Europe via Metal Blade Records. Commented frontman Joey Eppard: "3 has always been a band apart. We've never been afraid to follow the artistic impulse, whether it has lead us to genre bending progr...

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SOLITUDE's 'Poisoned Population: The Complete Collection - 1987-1994' Due In October

Delaware thrash/speed metal band SOLITUDE was formed in 1983. Despite releasing three critically acclaimed demos true "breakout success" always seemed to slip through their fingers. While influenced by METALLICA and TESTAMENT, they were also equally drawn to works by RUSH, MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA and e...