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TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY: Preserving The True Spirit Of Metal

Hard-hitting veterans Peter Scheithauer (guitar),Todd Barnes (vocals),Dave Ellefson (bass),and Stet Howland (drums) have united to create the bone-jarring, uncompromising metal band TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY, whose debut album, "Lethal Agenda", is set for February 27 release on Demolition Records. Guit...

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P.O.D. Singer Says 'Greatest Hits' Helped Bring Guitarist Back

Launch Radio Networks reports: P.O.D. surprised its fans last month by announcing that founding guitarist Marcos Curiel had rejoined the band after a nearly four-year absence. Although the group and Curiel parted on sour terms, P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval told Launch that the relationship took a...

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IRON MAIDEN Spanish Inquisition

Living metal legends they may be, but from playing their new album in its entirety on tour to insisting they aren't metal, their legacy is hardly set in stone. Metal Hammer magazine's (web site) Geoff Barton rakes them over the coals. Read on: Q: Do you believe your fans want to hear the ...

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REDEMPTION To Headline Holland's HEADWAY Festival

REDEMPTION, the Los Angeles-based progressive metal band led by guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk and featuring vocal legend Ray Alder of FATES WARNING, has been confirmed as the headliner of the Headway progressive rock and metal festival, which will celebrate its fifth anniversary i...

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THUS DEFILED To Release New Album Next Month

U.K. black metallers THUS DEFILED will release their long-awaited new album, "Daemonspawn", in February through Shadowflame Productions. The follow-up to 2003's "Weeping Holocaust Tears" was recorded in Texas during 2006 and was mastered by guitarist-turned-producer James Murphy (ex-TESTAMENT, DEATH...

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1349 Guitarist Comments On Touring With CELTIC FROST

Dr. Abner Mality of Wormwood Chronicles recently conducted an interview with guitarist Archaon of Norwegian black metallers 1349. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Wormwood Chronicles: CELTIC FROST is such a legendary band in the underground. When you first met them, were you overawed...

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Outcast

After a decade of releasing albums and numerous European tours, it's nothing short of amazing that the best EKTOMORF can come up with on their seventh release is such a ridiculous ripoff of the Max Cavalera school of simpler-is-better mono-thrash. It's not a passing resemblance, it's not an occasion...

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Olidous Operettas

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Well THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS have been flattering the hell out of CARCASS and continue to do just that on their Relapse debut, "Olidous Operettas". Hey, at least they admit to it. Besides, they do a fine job of mimicking that classic goregrind...

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METAL BLADE Sets Release Date For CANNIBAL CORPSE And LIZZY BORDEN Reissues

To celebrate Metal Blade's 25th anniversary, the label will be reissuing CANNIBAL CORPSE's 1996 fifth studio album — the first to feature current vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher — "Vile", with an additional four-track DVD filmed at San Francisco's Berkeley Square on February 3, 1997. Also sch...

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CHEVELLE To Release 'Vena Sera' In April

CHEVELLE has set "Vena Sera" as the title of its fifth studio LP, due on April 3 via Epic. The album was recorded with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, with whom the band previously worked with on both "This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)" and "Wonder What's Next". The full track listing for "V...

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JADED HEART: In Writing Mode

German hard rockers JADED HEART recently signed a deal with Frontiers Records for the release of their new studio album. The group has been busy writing new tracks for the upcoming CD, which it expects to start recording this spring for a fall release. Songtitles set to appear on the effort include...

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NINE INCH NAILS Mainman TRENT REZNOR: 'I've Got My Confidence Back!'

NINE INCH NAILS frontman Trent Reznor has revealed to Kerrang! magazine (web site) that making the band's forthcoming fifth studio album, entitled "Year Zero", has resulted in him feeling stronger and more self-assured than ever before. Reznor is currently working on the follow-up to 2005's "With Te...

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ELDRITCH: New Album Update

Italian progressive-aggressive metal band ELDRITCH entered Bigwave studios on December 1 to begin recording its seventh album, entitled "Blackenday". According to a posting on the group's web site, "some solos, backing vocals and arrangements still to be done and then the Music Factory studios (Germ...

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POINT OF RECOGNITION, SINAI BEACH Confirmed For 7th Annual FACEDOWN FEST

2007 marks the 10th anniversary of Facedown Records and the seventh year for the annual Facedown Fest, a weekend full of Facedown alumni, newcomers and roster favorites performing over a two-day stretch in Southern California. The Fest began in 2000 and has included headliners such as COMEBACK KID,...

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ABSCESS To Release Long-Awaited New Album In March

ABSCESS, the California-based band consisting of Chris Reifert (drums/vocals; ex-DEATH/AUTOPSY),Clint Bower (guitar/vocals; ex-HEXX),Danny Coralles (guitar; ex-AUTOPSY),and Joe Allen (bass; ex-VON),will release its long-awaited seventh full-length album, "Horrorhammer", in March via Tyrant Syndi...