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DEBRIS INC.: U.S. Tour Dates Announced
DEBRIS INC., the new group featuring SAINT VITUS mainman Dave Chandler and ex-TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, have lined up the following U.S. dates during August: Aug. 04 - Subterranean - Chicago IL Aug. 05 - Grog Shop - Cleveland OH Aug. 06 - Speakeasy - Upper Darby PA Aug. 07 - Dee Dee's - Quincy .....July 18, 2005
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GRIEF: Reunion Photos Posted Online
Boston's legendary doom kings GRIEF reunited for a one-off appearance at the first annual New England Grind and Doom Fest on Sunday (July 17) at Emerald Hall in Braintree, Massachusetts. Check out pictures from ReturnToThePit.com. Forming out of the band DISRUPT in the early nineties, GRIEF's object...July 18, 2005
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RUNEMAGICK Continuing Work On New Album
Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK are continuing work on their new album, tentatively due in November. "All additional guitars and effects are now recorded at Magick Sound studio," the band write on their web site. "Next mission will be the bass for Emma, maybe next week... Then all vocals w...July 17, 2005
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JASON BLACHOWICZ Announces New DIVINE EMPIRE Lineup
DIVINE EMPIRE bassist/vocalist Jason Blachowicz (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) has announced the addition of Marco Martell (guitar),David Kinkade (drums) (both from Chicago) and Frank Cusimano (guitar; from Pennsylvania) to the group's ranks. "All three guys have flown in this past weekend for the try ou...July 17, 2005
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ATHEIST: Release Dates Set For Forthcoming Reissues
Relapse Records has set release dates for the reissues of the three full-length albums (1989's "Piece of Time", 1992's "Unquestionable Presence", and 1993's "Elements") by seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. "Elements" and "Unquestionable Presence" will be released officially on August 30 (Nor...July 15, 2005
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DAVID COVERDALE: 'I Will Be Eternally Grateful To DEEP PURPLE'
David Yonke of the Toledo Blade recently conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On wanting to help people get away from the doom and gloom of the day's headlines and escape for a few hours into a rock-and-roll fantasy: "I just find tha...July 14, 2005
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Irish Metal Legends WAYLANDER Stage Mini-Reunion At DAY OF DARKNESS Festival
Long-running Celtic metal act WAYLANDER were reunited with former band member and editor of Ireland's Metalworks magazine, Martin MacCormaic, for a memorable set at the fourth installment of Ireland's Day of Darkness festival on July 9. MacCormaic, who left WAYLANDER in 2002, took to the stage to at...July 13, 2005
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TWELFTH GATE: In Mixing Mode
Chicago-based power metallers TWELFTH GATE have issued the following update: "All of the tracks have been recorded, and mixing has officially begun for our upcoming album, 'Threshold of Revelation'. We are anticipating that mixing will be completed within the next couple weeks, and unless some unfor...July 11, 2005
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CATHEDRAL Frontman To Launch RISE ABOVE RELICS Label
CATHEDRAL frontman Lee Dorrian's label Rise Above Records will shortly be starting an offshoot label called Rise Above Relics. Accoding to Dorrian, the label "will be dedicated to unearthing and re-releasing lost gems from the various genres of music we at Rise Above like. From doom through to prog/...July 8, 2005
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BLACK HARVEST Sign With OAK KNOLL PRODUCTIONS
Brooklyn, New York-based "avant black doom metal" band BLACK HARVEST have inked a deal with the New England label Oak Knoll Productions. The group's debut Oak Knoll CD, "White Light Came Down", will feature a combination of new material with new recordings of the stronger songs from their last indep...July 7, 2005
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The Fury of Our Maker's Hand
COAL CHAMBER was one of those bands that just absolutely hit me the wrong way. Their overhyped simpleton nu-metal fuckery used to just piss me off, more so than almost any band this side of SIX FEET UNDER. So when frontman Dez Fafara killed that band off and released DEVILDRIVER's debut last year, m...July 7, 2005
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SKUMLOVE To Film 'I Am Your God' Video
Los Angeles-based SKUMLOVE will be shooting a video for the song "I Am Your God" with Deadpool Productions, to be released on the DVD version of the horror movie "Intermedio". The film is said to be about a group of four teenage friends become trapped in a Mexican border tunnel where they fall prey,...July 7, 2005
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AGONIZER To Represent Finland In 'Wacken Metal Battle' Band Competition
AGONIZER have been chosen to represent Finland in the Wacken Open Air metal festival's yearly "Wacken Metal Battle" band competition. The Finnish jury, lead by Sauli Vuoti, the founder of the Finnish metal magazine Inferno, selected AGONIZER to represent Finland in this year's competition after goin...July 6, 2005
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SEASON OF MOURNING Confirmed For Connecticut's GOTHSTOCK 2005 Festival
Philadelphia-based progressive doom metallers SEASON OF MOURNING have been confirmed for the Gothstock 2005 festival, set to take place September 24-25 at the Webster Theatre in Hartford, CT. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANATHEMA DEVICE BELLA MORTE BURN VICTIM BUTCHER PRIEST CARFAX...July 6, 2005
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Sour Times
File under "what the fuck?" and show respect to one of the most truly original bands to ever rise from the murk of the metal underground. CONFESSOR's lone EP and full-length album perplexed everyone in 1990 with their anachronistic doom, ludicrous prog tendencies (rivaled then only by WATCHTOWER),a...July 5, 2005
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