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TESTAMENT Takes Top Honors In 2008 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below). "The Top 25 countdown show...

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Singer ROB ROCK Comments On New IMPELLITTERI Album

IMPELLITTERI will release its long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", in Japan on January 21, 2009 via Victor Entertainment. The CD, which had the working title of "Good and Evil", marks the return to IMPELLITTERI of the band's former singer Rob Rock. Commented Rock: "There has been speculation of...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist: We're Not Intending To Replace LAYNE STALEY

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell recently spoke to Neala Johnson of the Herald Sun about the band's participation in Australia's Soundwave festival which kicks off next month. "I don't think there's one of us who expected to be where we are today," he said. "We started from a very cool place...

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RUNNING WILD Mainman's TOXIC TASTE: Debut Album Now Available

TOXIC TASTE, the "space-punk-glam-rock" side project of RUNNING WILD mainman Rolf "Rock'n'Rolf" Kasparek (who goes by the name T.T. Poison in the new group),has made its debut album, "Toxification", available for purchase exclusively via the band's MySpace page. The CD can be ordered for 13.95 euro...

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RESISTANCE Announces New Guitarist

Los Angeles metallers RESISTANCE have recruited guitarist Burke Morris as the replacement for Dave Watson (DEATHRIDERS, HIRAX),who left the band last year. According to the group, "Burke has a writing style different from our own, which is what we were wanting. We have been looking to add more vari...

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DOPE To Release 'No Regrets' In March

DOPE's long-awaited fifth album, "No Regrets", will be released on March 10, 2009 via Koch Records. The band will be shooting videos for a few tracks off the CD in New Jersey on January 8-10. The guys are looking for a "bad-ass chopper" and a a large boa constrictor or a python to feature in ...

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DEAD HEAD: Another New Song Posted Online

Veteran Dutch thrashers DEAD HEAD have posted another new song, "Firegate", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new full-length CD, "Depression Tank", due on February 16, 2009 via Displeased Records. The CD was recorded at Hooiland Studios in Zwolle, Holland and was mixed and mast...

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MELIAH RAGE: Rare 'Prideland' Video Available

A rare MELIAH RAGE video for the song "Prideland" from the veteran Massachusetts metallers' 1996 album "Death Valley Dream" can be viewed below. The clip was recently re-edited by Brad Piche at Omnidawn Productions. "Death Valley Dream" was reissued this past fall via Locomotive Records. MELIAH RAGE...

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AVULSED's 'Gorespattered Suicide' Available On Limited Bloodred Vinyl

NightOfTheVinylDead.com has released 350 limited-edition hand-numbered copies of the "Gorespattered Suicide" album from veteran Spanish death metallers AVULSED on bloodred vinyl. AVULSED's fourth full-length effort, "Gorespattered Suicide" was recorded in Madrid, Spain at VRS Studios and the masters...

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LIZZY BORDEN: Footage From Palencia Available

Fan-filmed video footage of LIZZY BORDEN's December 13, 2008 performance in Palencia, Spain can be viewed below. LIZZY BORDEN's latest album, "Appointment with Death", was released in the U.S. on October 30, 2007 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Lizzy and Joey Scott. It was recorded a...

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MORBID ANGEL To Tour South America In March

Legendary death metallers MORBID ANGEL will embark on a South American tour in March 2009. Confirmed dates so far are as follows (venue details to be announced): Mar. 03 - Santiago, Chile Mar. 05 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Mar. 07 - Recife, Brazil Mar. 08 - São Paulo, Brazil MORBID ANGEL guitarist Tr...

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ELEGY: Box Set Due In February

According to a posting on ELEGY frontman Ian Parry's web site, Metal Mind Productions will issue a seven-CD ELEGY box set in February 2009. It will feature 18 bonus tracks, behind-the-scenes footage, and video of acoustic sessions performed by Parry and guitarist Henk van de Laars during their 1998...

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LIZZY BORDEN Interviewed In Greece; Video Available

Metalzone.gr's Elena Mihailidou and Vassilis Mazaris conducted an interview with LIZZY BORDEN frontman/namesake on December 15, 2008 when the band performed for the first time ever in Greece. Watch the 21-minute chat below. LIZZY BORDEN's latest album, "Appointment with Death", was released in the U...

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SOLUTION.45 Guitarist: We're Not A SCAR SYMMETRY Copy

Swedish/Finnish progressive metal "supergroup" SOLUTION.45, which features in its ranks former SCAR SYMMETRY vocalist Christian Älvestam, Mikko Härkin (ex-SONATA ARCTICA, KOTIPELTO) and Jani Stefanovic (MISERATION, ESSENCE OF SORROW),recently completed work on an eight-song demo with producer Plec...

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WARBRINGER Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER have been confirmed for the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 23-25, 2009 in in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGEL WITCH BULLET DEATHRIDERS ENFORCER HELSTAR JACOBS DREAM KILLERS LONEWOLF MANILLA ROA...