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TESTAMENT's PETERSON Shows Off Signature Guitar; Video Available

Video footage of TESTAMENT's Eric Peterson showing off his new Dean signature guitar, the "Old Skull V", can be viewed below. "It's a guitar I've been playing for a while, and I think people will enjoy the action," Peterson previously said. "It's got triple-binding, all-black EMG pick-ups, block inl...

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EXODUS Frontman Issues 'Thrash Domination 09' Recap

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS have just completed a short tour of Japan as part of the "Thrash Domination 09" package with TESTAMENT, KREATOR and HEATHEN. EXODUS' frontman, Rob Dukes, has checked with the following update: "Back again in Japan and having a blast. "Watching Lee...

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DYING FETUS To Guest-Host SIRIUS XM's 'Beyond The Pit'

Baltimore death metallers DYING FETUS will be the special guest hosts on "Beyond The Pit", Sirius XM Liquid Metal's nightly death/grind/black metal show, starting tomorrow, Tuesday September 22 through Saturday. "Beyond The Pit" airs nightly on Sirius channel 27 and XM channel 42 from 12 midnight to...

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SUICIDAL ANGELS, STEELWING Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Greek old-school thrashers SUICIDAL ANGELS and Swedish metallers STEELWING (formerly SCAVENGER) have been awarded record deals with Boomer Entertainment and Nuclear Blast Records as part of a band contest launched by the Austrian management and booking company Rock The Nation. This unique competitio...

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VEKTOR: 'Black Future' Release Date Announced

Phoenix, Arizona-based futuristic thrashers VEKTOR will release their full-length debut, "Black Future", on November 17 via Heavy Artillery Records. According to a press release, the CD "is a seventy-minute epic of diabolical space metal that stimulates the senses and challenges any preconceived lim...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: New Album Samples Available

Audio samples of the tracks that will appear on ALICE IN CHAINS' much-anticipated new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", can be heard in the YouTube clip below. Due on September 29, the CD was recorded with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS) at Studio 606 in Northridge, California and Hen...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: New Song Posted Online

Victory's metal focused web platform, VictoryMetal.com, is premiering the first full-length track from "The Great Misdirect", the forthcoming album from the Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME. "Obfuscation" is now available for streaming at this loc...

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DYING FETUS: 'Shepherd's Commandment' Video Released

"Shepherd's Commandment", the new video from Baltimore death metallers DYING FETUS, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in July in New York with director Kevin Custer (HATEBREED, TESTAMENT, SOULJA BOY, KINGDOM OF SORROW) of Toaster In The Tub. "Shepherd's Commandment" comes off DYING FETUS' new a...

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CRIMSON GLORY Comments On PROGPOWER USA Festival Performance

Florida-based melodic metallers CRIMSON GLORY have issued the following statement regarding their headlining performance at the ProgPower USA X festival on September 11 at the Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia: "CRIMSON GLORY would like to extend their sincere thanks and appreciation to all of the pe...

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RAVAGE Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Boston, Massachusetts metallers RAVAGE have parted ways with drummer George "GTB" Bellofatto and replaced him with Pete Webber. Commented singer Al Ravage, "Change has been a constant in this band since we began quite a while back, but I had hoped our most recent lineup would be stable for once. Unf...

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DEFIANCE: New Song Posted Online

A new DEFIANCE song, "Sloth", is available for streaming on the band's web site. The track comes off the reunited Oakland, California thrashers' new album, "The Prophecy", which is scheduled for release on October 19 via Candlelight Records. The first collection of new music from DEFIANCE in over 15...

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ARCH ENEMY: Japanese Version Of 'The Root Of All Evil' To Include Five Bonus Tracks

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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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO: European Tour Postponed

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, has issued the following update: "Just a quick note to say that we'll be postponing our U.K. and Europe gigs to early next year. We are in a scheduling jam and are stuck in the middle of overdubs and mixi...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Check My Brain' Video Released

The video for "Check My Brain", the first official single from ALICE IN CHAINS' much-anticipated new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", can be viewed below. (Note: The video stream may not be available to some non-U.S. residents.) The clip, which was helmed by U2 and WHITE STRIPES video director Alex...

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TESTAMENT Vocalist's Message For Japanese Fans

A video message for Japanese fans from vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT can be viewed below. TESTAMENT will play two headlining shows in Mexico this weekend followed by four headlining dates in Japan, a few of which will be held under the "Thrash Domination" ba...