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WHIPLASH: Footage From Forthcoming DVD Posted Online

Reactivated New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH have uploaded a high-quality video clip (see below) of the first segment from the band's upcoming DVD, entitled "25 Years Of Thrash". The clip was shot at Mozart studios in the group's hometown of Clifton, New Jersey and features guitarist/vocalist Tony Port...

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SONS OF AZRAEL: New Song Available For Streaming

"Scouting The Boneyard", a brand new track from the Buffalo, New York-based extreme metal band SONS OF AZRAEL, is available for streaming at this location. The song is the title cut of the group's new album, which will be released on January 19 via Ironclad Recordings (the label formed by UNEARTH fr...

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PESTILENCE: First Photo Of New Lineup Released

The first photo of the new PESTILENCE lineup can be viewed below. PESTILENCE 2010 is: Patrick Mameli - Guitar/Vocals Jeroen Paul Thesseling - Bass Patrick Uterwijk - Guitar Yuma Van Eekelen - Drums Commented guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli: "Last week, we did a photo shoot with world-famous photog...

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TOMMY LEE, JASON BONHAM, BRANN DAILOR Perform At DRUM-OFF Grand Finals; Video Available

Guitar Center today announced Ramon Sampson as the winner of its Drum-Off, the search for the nation's top undiscovered drummer. Performing in front of a capacity crowd this past Friday, January 8 at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, 19-year-old Ramon Sampson from Cordova, Tennessee beat out four...

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NACHTMYSTIUM Begins Recording New Album

Illinois-based extreme metallers NACHTMYSTIUM, led by mastermind Blake Judd, have entered Volume Studios (RWAKE, MINSK, LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, PELICAN) in Chicago with producer Sanford Parker (MINSK) to begin recording their new album, "Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II". They have also enlisted the talen...

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VOODOO SIX: New Song Snippet Available

VOODOO SIX, the British hard rock band formed by ex-DIRTY DEEDS bassist Tony Newton, has posted a snippet of a new song entitled "Live Again" at this location. VOODOO SIX has taken the rather unique approach of starting to leak out samples of its new album on the group's Facebook page ...

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DIE Signs With UNIQUE LEADER RECORDS

Danish metal band DIE has inked a deal with Unique Leader Records for the release its debut album, "Rise Of The Rotten". Due on March 16, the CD was mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (ABORTED, EXMORTEM, GOREFEST, KATAKLYSM) at his Antfarm studio in Århus, Denmark. The label says, "Tony Sandoval did a...

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DARK DAYS AHEAD: Four Songs Posted Online

Finnish metallers DARK DAYS AHEAD, who feature in their ranks members of TIMO RAUTIAINEN & TRIO NISKALAUKAUS, MANUFACTURERS PRIDE and WHERE VICTIMS LIE, have uploaded four new tracks from their upcoming promotional CD on their MySpace page. An excerpt from the band's official biography: "Formed...

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ABRUPTUM's IT Working On Book About His Life

IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä),the founder of the long-running Swedish black metal band ABRUPTUM, has issued the following update: "My final contribution to this 'non-extraordinary reality' will be a book about my life. For all these years I have chosen to stay silent, out of the 'spotlights' and now that...

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M.A.N: New Studio Webisode Posted Online

M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — has posted the fourth and final in a series of webisodes documenting the recording sessions for the band's third album, entitled "Massive, Audio, Nerve". Watch the clip below...

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HEAVEN & HELL Drummer 'Feeling Stronger Each Day' Following Shoulder Surgery

Drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH) underwent surgery on his right shoulder on November 30, 2009 for an injury sustained during the last HEAVEN & HELL tour. Commented Vinny: "I would like to thank all the fans, friends, family for the kind wishes for my shoulder surgery...

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HOSTILE CELL: New Album Release Date Announced; Performance Footage Of New Song Available

Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal/rock band HOSTILE CELL will release its sophomore album, "The Deafening", on April 6 via the group's own Coreshot Productions (with distribution through Plugged Records). 15 songs were recorded for the follow-up to the band's self-titled debut, which will feature a gue...

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'80s Christian Metal Band CRYSTAVOX Signs With ROXX PRODUCTIONS

After 20 years of silence, one of Christian metal's loudest bands is back, with a great story and a line of new limited releases in collaboration with Roxx Productions. CRYSTAVOX, based out of San Diego, California, recently met again informally to mark the 20-year anniversary of the group's first r...

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BLACK SABBATH, OPETH, BIGELF Members Appear in 'Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie'

Tony Iommi of BLACK SABBATH, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Per Wiberg of OPETH, and Damon Fox and Steve Frothingham of BIGELF represent hard rock and heavy metal in the new feature-length music documentary "Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie", available now on DVD from Bazillion Points. They join members of pio...

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Black Night

If your first thought in reading the name of the band was BLACK SABBATH, then affix a gold star to your lapel, as your thought was most relevant. Straight out of the fertile Maryland doom community, IRON MAN was formed in 1988 by guitarist Alfred Morris III as a BLACK SABBATH cover band. The group ....