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CYNIC To Reunite For European Festival Appearances, Possible U.S. Dates

Long-defunct Florida-based band CYNIC, whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal, is rumored to be planning a reunion tour in the spring/summer of 2007, beginning with possible U.S. warm-up performances and culminating in a number of festi...

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PESTILENCE: Live Album From Long-Defunct Dutch Death Metallers Surfaces

Metal War Productions has just released a live album from the long-defunct Dutch extreme metallers PESTILENCE, entitled "Chronicles of the Scourge". The collection includes two live shows: Zeche in Bochum, Germany on November 18, 1988 and Kix Festival in Veghel, The Netherlands on June 24, 1989. Acc...

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UNGODLY To Open For SLAYER In Brazil

Brazilian death/black metallers UNGODLY have been confirmed as the opening act for SLAYER in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on Sep. 1-2 and Sep. 6, respectively. UNGODLY was added to the bill as the replacement for Canada's THINE EYES BLEED (featuring bassist Johnny Araya; brother of SLAYER's Tom Aray...

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BEHEMOTH Frontman: 'It's All About Channelling The Energy'

Mike Ross of the Edmonton Sun has issued the following report: The idea of subtitles at death metal shows — like they have at the opera — to make sure fans can clearly understand the deep, dark and meaningful lyrics hidden beneath a brutal din of furious rage and growling doom just isn't ...

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Christ Illusion

Everyone's known it for years: while SLAYER is widely considered one of the greatest live metal acts of all time, the band has not made an equally great album since 1990's "Seasons in the Abyss". That record brought together the speed and fury of "Reign in Blood" (1986) with the experimental nature...

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ARCH ENEMY Singer Sounds Off On Vocal Technique, Early Influences And Being A Vegetarian

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them...

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GOD DETHRONED: New Album Details Revealed

Dutch death metallers GOD DETHRONED will release their new album, "The Toxic Touch", on October 23 in Europe (except Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where it will arrive on October 20) via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Soundlodge Studios in Germany with producer Joerg Uken. Mastering...

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CIVILIZATION ONE To Enter Studio This Summer

CIVILIZATION ONE, the new "atmospheric, bone-crushing power metal" band featuring Chitral "Chity" Somapala (vocals; AVALON, FIREWIND, FARO, RED CIRCUIT),Aldo Lanobile (guitar; SECRET SPHERE),Luca Cartasegna (drums; ex-SECRET SPHERE, MORTUARY DRAPE),Vivian Lalu (keyboards; LALU, SHADRANE),and Pie...

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GOD DETHRONED Members To Take Part In ROTTERDAM POP ACADEMY Graduation Exam

Guitarist Isaac Delahaye of the Dutch death metallers GOD DETHRONED has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "On the 4th of July, Ariën [van Weesenbeek, drums] and me will play an exclusive show with SIC in Nighttown, Holland. This project is the initiative of Coen Janssen (...

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NATRON: 'More Evil, Brutal And Damn Groovy Than Ever Before!'

Drummer Max Marzocca of the Italian death metallers NATRON has issued the following update: "Yes, we know it! Someone already started to think we disappeared because we didn't update [the web site] for a while but the reason of this three-month-long silence was that we preferred to wait a little whi...

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ENSLAVED Guitarist: '6.6.2006, The Metal Date Above All'

ENSLAVED guitarist Ivar Bjørson has written an article in Norwegian as a blog for the national newspaper Aftenposten. The English-language translation follows here: "6.6.2006, the metal date above all! I don't take it too seriously, but it is a good-looking number. It looks like there's a lot of cel...

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GOD DETHRONED Announce New Album Title

Dutch death metallers GOD DETHRONED recently entered Soundlodge Studios in Germany to begin recording their new album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The band's frontman Henri Sattler has posted the following studio update on the band's official web site: "Tomorrow producer Jörg Uken wi...

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Discordia

Many extreme metal bands talk of combining grindcore and death metal with fragments of (old school) hardcore, but a paltry few do it better than MISERY INDEX. And we are not talking about metalcore by any stretch of the imagination. This is about death metal's technicality, grindcore's blinding brut...

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CRYPTOPSY: 'The Pestilence' Video To Receive 'Headbanger's Ball' Premiere This Weekend

CRYPTOPSY's "The Pestilence That Walketh In Darkness (Psalm 91:5-8)" video will premier on this weekend's edition of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball", airing on Saturday, April 1. Filmed in a swamp, the clip features acolytes receiving the infamous worm-communion from Lord Worm's chalice. You can watch th...

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MISERY INDEX To Support FEAR FACTORY On Entire European Tour

MISERY INDEX have been confirmed as direct support for FEAR FACTORY on their entire European tour beginning later this month. The dates are as follows: Mar. 18 - Bologna, ITA - Estragon Mar. 19 - Milan, ITA - Rolling Stone Mar. 20 - Treviso, ITA - New Age Rock Club Mar. 21 - Graz, AUT ...