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SABBAT's 'Charisma' Album Released On CD For First Time Ever

Pure Steel Records from Germany has just released the sixth album from the Japanese black metal band SABBAT, entitled "Charisma" — the English version of the legendary "Karisma" LP, which was previously unavailable on CD. In addition to brand new artwork (created by Chris Moyen, who has previously w...

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ZAK STEVENS, ROLAND GRAPOW To Appear On New SOULSPELL Album

Zak Stevens (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVATAGE) and Roland Grapow (MASTERPLAN, HELLOWEEN) are among the guest musicians who have contributed to "The Labyrinth Of Truths", the second full-length album from the Brazilian power metal opera project SOULSPELL. Conceived by drummer Heleno Vale, SOULSPELL feature...

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Drakonian Paradigm

It sure is looking like WEAPON's "Drakonian Paradigm" will end up my favorite black metal album of 2009, or at least sharing the honor with MARDUK's "Wormwood". But the funny thing is that what makes "Drakonian Paradigm" such an intriguing and wholly entertaining album is the fact that it does not r...

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The Spider Queen

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. "The Spider Queen" from Austin's IGNITOR is to my ears the most disappointing release of 2009. I was one of many that heaped massive amounts of praise on 2007's "Road of Bones", a very well-written, catchy, and rip-roaring heavy metal album that ended up as one of my...

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MUSTAINE: Praying 'That I Won't Piss As Many People Off This Week As I Did Last Week'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "In the studio yesterday it was time to stoke the old furnace, and actually fire up my amps WITHOUT my guitar tech, the inimitable Willie Gee. I started, much to my amazement, put...

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SACRED REICH Drummer Featured On FRANKENSHRED Album

FRANKENSHRED, the Phoenix, Arizona-based metal/shred band, has just released its debut album, "Cauldron of Evil", via Italy's Metal on Metal Records. According to a press release, the CD contains "16 tracks of blazing old-school style metal incorporating elements of thrash, speed and hard rock with...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed By ROCK MY MONKEY; Audio Available

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. TESTAMENT is preparing to take the stage once again in support of its highly acclaimed 2008 release, "The...

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BYFROST Signs With PAINKILLER RECORDS

Netherlands-based Painkiller Records (a sub-label of Apollon Entertainment UN Limited) has added Norwegian extreme metallers BYFROST to its roster, and will release the band's debut full-length album, "Black Earth", in the spring. The follow-up to the band's self-released EP "Byfrostmetal", "Black E...

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WARMEN To Play Special 10-Year Anniversary Show; New Compilation CD In The Works

WARMEN, the brainchild of CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a concert during the Helsinki Metal Meeting weekend on February 18, 2010 at Dante's Highlight in Helsinki Finland. As if WARMEN's third live performance ever wouldn't be enough to make t...

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IWRESTLEDABEARONCE Interviewed In Atlanta

Jennifer of Swigged! conducted an interview with IWRESTLEDABEARONCE — the band from Shreveport, Louisiana which mashes up elements of electro, grind and jazz — when the group played at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia on December 4, 2009. Watch the chat below. IWRESTLEDABEARONCE's new album, "It's...

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SLAYER Guitarist Talks About His Favorite Horror Movies

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King recently sat down with Bloody-Disgusting.com for an interview about his favorite horror flicks. Check out the article at this location. King's selections were as follows: 01. Nightmare on Elm Street 02. Thirteen Ghosts 03. House on Haunted Hill (1999) 04. Sev7n 05. Drag M...

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FEAR FACTORY, CHILDREN OF BODOM To Headline U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK Festival

FEAR FACTORY and CHILDREN OF BODOM will headline the 10th-anniversary edition of the Bloodstock festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2010 at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. CHILDREN OF BODOM's Alexi Laiho comments: "I'm really glad we're playing Bloodstock next year — it's the only U.K...

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TESTAMENT: Deluxe Tour Edition Of 'The Formation Of Damnation' Detailed

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT are preparing to take the stage once again in support of their highly acclaimed 2008 release, "The Formation Of Damnation". TESTAMENT will be hitting the road as special guests with fellow thrash legends MEGADETH and SLAYER on the "American Carnage" to...

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HATEBREED Frontman Interviewed By SWIGGED!; Video Available

Jennifer of Swigged! conducted an interview with vocalist Jamey Jasta of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED before the band's November 16, 2009 performance at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia. Watch the chat below. The new self-titled album from HATEBREED sold 15,000 copies in the United...

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FINNTROLL: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Solsagan' Video Shoot Available

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new video for the song "Solsagan" from Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by Vasara Films (DARK TRANQUILLITY, TURISAS) and will make its debut exclusively on MySpace on January 15. "Solsagan" comes off the band's...