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UNANIMATED: New Album Title Announced

UNANIMATED, the reunited Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former members of ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER, has set "In The Light (The Covenant Of Death)" as the title of its new album, due later in the year via Regain Records. The CD will be mixed by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studios (WATAIN, F...

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MY DYING BRIDE: New Song Excerpt Available For Streaming

A two-and-a-half-minute radio-broadcast-quality excerpt from the new MY DYING BRIDE song "My Body, A Funeral" is available for streaming below. The track was premiered exclusively on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, which aired last night (Wednesday, January 14) on Norway's P3. (Update: The clip wa...

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Former TARAMIS Drummer Dead At 43

On January 6, Dave Browne (pictured below wearing a suit),the former drummer of the Australian thrash metal bands TARAMIS, CLAUZ and NOTHING SACRED, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 43. He released two albums with TARAMIS, "Queen Of Thieves" (1987) and "Stretch Of The Imagination" (1991). Iro...

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MESSIAH'S KISS/RIOT Singer MIKE TIRELLI Battling Stomach Cancer

Mike Tirelli has been an integral part of the music scene for over 20 years both as a singer and songwriter. His talent and perseverance brought him worldwide recognition performing with such bands as BURNING STARR, RIOT, MESSIAH'S KISS, HOLY MOTHER, LASTLIX and ZILLION, to name just a few. In the f...

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CANDLEMASS Mainman EDLING: This Is The Best Album We Have Done Since 'Nightfall'

Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS will release their new album, "Death Magic Doom", on March 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented bassist/main songwriter Leif Edling: "I'm happy to announce that the new album is mixed, mastered…done! It contains eight killer tracks and the name of it is 'Death Magi...

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Former KORN Guitarist Holding Open Auditions For Bandmembers

The Arizona Review reports that former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has seemingly reconsidered holding closed-only band auditions; opting instead to allow anyone with talent the chance to audition for a spot in his band. For more information, go to www.brianheadwelchband.com. Welch's solo album...

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CABLE Signs With THE END RECORDS

Veteran Hartford, Connecticut rockers CABLE have inked a deal with The End Records. The band is set to enter Studio G in Brooklyn, New York in March to begin recording a new full-length album with Joel Hamilton (UNSANE, TOM WAITS, BOOK OF KNOTS). The as-yet-untitled record is creeping over the 40-mi...

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MY DYING BRIDE: New Song To Debut On Tonight's 'Tinitus'

A track from MY DYING BRIDE's new album "For Lies I Sire" will be premiered exclusively on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, January 14) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. "Tinitus" is Norway's most popular metal show with an average o...

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MY DYING BRIDE: New Video Interview Available

Contraband Candy's René Ackermann conducted an interview with singer Aaron Stainthorpe and guitarist Andrew Craighan of U.K. godfathers of doom MY DYING BRIDE at last year's Damnation Festival, which was held November 22, 2008 in Leeds, U.K. They talk about recording methods, the band's upcoming alb...

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GRAVEWORM To Enter Studio In February

Italian dark metal band GRAVEWORM has issued the following update: "We are currently working on songs for our upcoming album. We will enter the studio at the beginning of February and the new new one will be released at the end of May. We will present the new stuff at three festivals in May — ...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE/POWER QUEST Guitarist At NAMM

CIRCLE II CIRCLE/POWER QUEST guitarist Bill Hudson (also ex-CELLADOR) will attend this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. He will be a guest of EMG pickups, which is one Bill's newest...

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Into the Labyrinth

Maybe it's just that those that were around during the NWOBHM explosion just like to bitch about "kids these days" or maybe it is in fact a crime that SAXON still doesn't get the accolades it deserves. Then again, we're talking primarily about stateside fickle fans that too often overlook the merits...

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Ballads of a Hangman

The Germans just have a knack for borrowing the best elements of the 80's godfathers and turning those into quality heavy metal songwriting that is familiar in the most satisfying of ways. Then again, it would not be entirely accurate to hang GRAVE DIGGER's knack for it on borrowed attributes from t...

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The Resting Sonata

It is not a question of ROSE FUNERAL's inability to write decent songs and play a fairly convincing form of modern down-tuned 'n chunky death metal. It is just that the continual aping of a beaten-to-death style makes it difficult to appreciate an album like "The Resting Sonata", if only because you...

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DARKEST HOUR: New Shows Announced

Washington, D.C.'s DARKEST HOUR will take a short break from writing and recording pre-production demos for its next album to play the following dates: Jan. 20 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat ("Demand In DC") Jan. 30 - Harrisonburg, VA - Rockingham County Fairgrounds (w/ AS I LAY DYING) Jan. 31 - R...