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DEFIANCE: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By Ex-FORBIDDEN/TESTAMENT Guitarist
Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE have finally completed all the basic tracks for the 11 songs that will appear on their first album in over 15 years. According to the band, "All that is left are some vocals and guitar leads for the last four tunes we recorded at the end of 2008 at Tri...February 2, 2009
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DEATH ANGEL: New Audio Interview With TED AGUILAR Available
Japan's "Metal Moment" podcast recently conducted an interview with guitarist Ted Aguilar of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL. The chat is now available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. DEATH ANGEL last month announced the addition of bassist Sammy Diosdado to the...February 2, 2009
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Time Waits For No Slave
When a band is on a roll like NAPALM DEATH has been, it's hard not to notice the sound of sharpening knives when their newest album nears completion. Fans and critics are always ready to pounce, and seem to take a perverse glee in declaring the winning streak over, and being among the first to ...February 2, 2009
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EXODUS Guitarist Discusses 'Bonded By Blood' Re-Recording
Lucem Fero recently published an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt, conducted in late 2008 by Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included "Let There Be Blood", the controversial re-recording of EXODUS' classic 1985 debut album "Bonded by Blood", his response to criticism...February 1, 2009
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MELIAH RAGE: Photos From 'Hour Glass' Video Shoot Posted Online
Veteran Massachusetts metallers MELIAH RAGE recently shot a video for the song "Hour Glass", the first single off the band's upcoming album, "Masquerade". Check out photos from the video shoot at this location. A couple of the pictures can be viewed below. "Masquerade" will be released in late sprin...January 30, 2009
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Classic TESTAMENT Titles To Be Reissued On Vinyl
Two classic albums by thrash legends TESTAMENT — 1997's "Demonic" and 1999's "The Gathering" — will be reissued on gatefold double vinyl by Prosthetic Records on February 3. Each will feature etched artwork on Side D and be limited to 1,000 copies worldwide. Additionally, 100 copies of "Demonic" wil...January 28, 2009
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JORN LANDE: New Album Title Revealed
Norwegian powerhouse vocalist Jorn Lande — who performs under the name JORN — entered the studio in November to begin recording his new solo album, "Spirit Black", tentatively due in June via Frontiers Records. The follow-up to last year's "Lonely Are The Brave" CD — which entered the national chart...January 28, 2009
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New MR. PLOW Album Featuring GWAR, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Members Due In March
Celebrating his 10th year of erratic springing, MR. PLOW releases his latest CD, "Apocalypse Plow", on March 17 via Crusty/Reversed Records. MR. PLOW is a solo acoustic, punk folker hailing from the back corridor of east Vancouver, B.C. Mixing a raunchy overtone of comedy with a punk folk and roll f...January 28, 2009
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CKY Frontman Lays Down Vocals For New THE ALIEN BLAKK Album
CKY frontman Deron Miller recently contributed vocals to a song entitled "The Path" for the forthcoming sophomore album from THE ALIEN BLAKK, the band led by guitarist/producer Joshua Craig. The recording sessions for the CD have been going on since March 2008 and the effort is said to be almost nea...January 27, 2009
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ONSLAUGHT To Support TESTAMENT In Oxford
British thrashers ONSLAUGHT will support San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT on Thursday, February 19 at the Academy in Oxford, England. Commented ONSLAUGHT: "This will be our first show of 2009, as we take a short break from writing the new album. It's gonna be an awesome night of class...January 26, 2009
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MEGADETH, SLAYER, TESTAMENT Members At DEAN Booth At NAMM; Photos Available
Photographer Chris Loomis has uploaded more than 200 photos taken at the Dean Guitars photo booth at at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The pictures, which were taken on Friday, Jan...January 25, 2009
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TESTAMENT Members Interviewed By TC ELECTRONIC At NAMM; Video Available
TC Electronic's Ruy Kuypers conducted separate interviews with Chuck Billy (vocals) and Eric Peterson (guitar) of veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in An...January 25, 2009
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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO At NAMM: Video Footage Available
Bay Area Backstage has posted video footage of ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, performing at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim...January 24, 2009
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TURISAS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Finnish folk metal overlords TURISAS have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDRAL DRAGONFORCE...January 23, 2009
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Legendary Drummer GENE HOGLAN Issues Update
Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT, DARK ANGEL, DEATH, DETHKLOK, MELDRUM) has issued the following update: "It's been a while since I've scribbled anything, but frankly, I just haven't felt all that witty over the past few months. I do like these things to be reasonably en...January 22, 2009
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