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BLEEDING THROUGH, UNEARTH Among Nominees For MySpace Music Reader's Choice Award
MySpace Music, the world's premier online music portal, has announce a special MySpace Reader's Choice Award to be presented at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards. Taking place on Tuesday, April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, the show will feature performances by MEGADET...March 18, 2009
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DOPE: 'No Regrets' First-Week Sales Revealed
DOPE's long-awaited fifth album, "No Regrets", sold 6,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 88 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD, which was released on March 10 via E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records),features a guest appearance by Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBO...March 18, 2009
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THE ABSENCE In Writing Mode
Guitarist Patrick Pintavalle of the Tampa, Florida melodic trash outfit THE ABSENCE has issued the following update: "We are writing for our third full-length album. It's been a bit of a slow going thing. We are trying to make a record that has a classic and timeless feel to it. Some of you may also...March 17, 2009
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MADBALL, OBSCURA, ROTTING CHRIST Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival
MADBALL, OBSCURA and ROTTING CHRIST have been confirmed for this year's Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 6-8 in Pevnost, Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ATHEIST BENEATH THE MASSACRE BRUJERIA DAGOBA DARK FUNERAL DARKANE GWAR HATE ETERNAL IMMORT...March 17, 2009
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SHADOWS FALL Drummer's BURNING HUMAN: Debut CD Artwork Unveiled, Shows Announced
BURNING HUMAN, the resurrected death metal band featuring SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner, will release its long-awaited debut album, "Resurrection Through Fire", on April 21 through E1 Music (formerly Koch Records). The CD was produced and mixed by James Murphy (DEATH, OBITUARY, TESTAMENT) in hi...March 17, 2009
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The Onslaught
This one hits so hard it hurts. There is happy thrash and there is mean thrash. Guess how I'd categorize "The Onslaught" by Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D.? Right, it's meaner than a hungry pit bull with rabies. The album was floating around for an extended period as an independent release before Brian Sla...March 17, 2009
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MORTAL SIN To Begin Work On New Album
Vocalist Mat Maurer of veteran Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN has issued the following update: "After such a big year last year, MORTAL SIN have decided to begin writing a new album. We'll be looking at releasing something later this year. Don't ask me when, don't ask me how many songs, don't ask m...March 16, 2009
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TESTAMENT To Tour North America With UNEARTH, LAZARUS A.D.
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT will embark on a North American headlining tour in May/June. Support on the trek will come from UNEARTH and LAZARUS A.D. TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy commented: "It was really exciting last summer touring with JUDAS PRIEST, HEAVEN AND HELL, and MOTÖ...March 16, 2009
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KORN, NIGHTWISH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, LAMB OF GOD Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING
KORN, NIGHTWISH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, LAMB OF GOD, DRAGONFORCE and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are among the newly confirmed bands for the 14th edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium. The festival biling is sha...March 16, 2009
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K.K. DOWNING Says JUDAS PRIEST Should 'Absolutely' Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing as part of a new series entitled "Hit The Lights." Topics of discussion included the "Priest Feast" tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT, the group's recent Grammy nominations, how JUDAS PRIEST ch...March 14, 2009
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MASACHIST To Release 'Death March Fury' This Month
MASACHIST, the project featuring Thrufel (AZARATH, YATTERING),Daray (drums; DIMMU BORGIR, VADER, VESANIA, NEOLITHIC) and vocalist Pig (Wojciech Wasowicz, a.k.a. Sauron, DECAPITATED),will release its debut album, "Death March Fury", at the end of this month in Poland by Witching Hour Productions, w...March 14, 2009
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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE, TESTAMENT's BILLY On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show; Audio Available
MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine and TESTAMENT's Chuck Billy were IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests earlier tonight (March 13) during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". The program is now available for streaming at BBC.co.uk. On January 7, ME...March 13, 2009
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DOPE: '6-6-Sick' Video Available
"6-6-Sick", the new video from DOPE, can be viewed below. (Note: The video stream may not be available to some non-U.S. residents.) The song comes off the band's long-awaited fifth album, "No Regrets", which was released on March 10 via E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records). The CD features a guest appea...March 13, 2009
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AT WAR's PAUL ARNOLD Interviewed; Video Available
On January 10, 2009, Joe Wyatt of the Metallic Onslaught conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Paul Arnold of the reunited Virginia thrash metal legends AT WAR. Watch the chat in two parts below. AT WAR entered Pyramid Sound studios in Ithaca, New York on January 4, 2009 to start recording it...March 13, 2009
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Late ZIMMERS HOLE Guitarist Remembered
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada's newspaper Times Colonist has published a write-up on Chris Stanley (pictured below),a former member of ZIMMERS HOLE who passed away last month after years of increasingly critical health with cystic fibrosis. Read it at this location. According to ZIMMERS HOLE —...March 13, 2009
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