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Top Heavy Metal Musicians Select Favorite Guitarists Of All Time

Thiago Sarkis of Roadie Crew magazine (web site) organized a poll in which 330 guitarists were asked about their favorite guitarists of all time. Among the participants in the poll were current and former members of such bands as GUNS N' ROSES, KISS, MACHINE HEAD, NIGHTWISH, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TES...

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FORBIDDEN Announces New Drummer For European Tour

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans FORBIDDEN have tapped Mark Hernandez (HEATHEN, DEFIANCE, RE:IGNITION, VIO-LENCE, TORQUE, TECHNOCRACY, SOCIAL UNREST) to play the drums on the band's upcoming European tour. According to a press release, "Mark Hernandez is one of the most dynam...

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HEATHEN To Headline THRASHO DE MAYO Festival

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN will headline the third annual Thrasho De Mayo festival, set to take place May 24 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: HEATHEN TORTURE FUELED BY FIRE MERCILESS DEATH MELTDOWN HATCHET EXEC...

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HEATHEN: Footage From Germany's KEEP IT TRUE X Festival Available

Fan-filmed video footage of the reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN performing a couple of new songs on April 5, 2008 at the Keep It True X festival in Lauda-Knigshofen, Germany can be viewed below (courtesy of "stoneagelightning"). HEATHEN last fall announced the addition of guitar...

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FEAR FACTORY's CHRISTIAN OLDE WOLBERS To Produce Vocals For ASYLUM

FEAR FACTORY's Christian Olde Wolbers will produce the vocals, alongside Markus Johansson, on the debut album from ASYLUM, the Illinois-based project featuring Markus Johansson (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Johnny Rox (bass guitar). In addition, ZIMMERS HOLE vocalist "The Heathen" will record guest...

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When You Were Shouting At the Devil

Rip-roarin' lowbrow good times from what amounts to STRAPPING YOUNG LAD without Devin Townsend (and I wouldn't put ten bucks down on his not actually being credited singer "The Heathen", either). Imagine the grinding post-nuke riffs of Jed Simon and Byron Stroud and the thundering apocalypse of Gene...

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UNDER EDEN Completes Work On New EP

Minnesota death/thrash outfit UNDER EDEN has completed work on a new EP entitled "Phoenix on Frozen Wings", consisting of three brand new tracks and remixed versions of two songs from the group's 2005 debut "The Savage Circle". The CD's cover, with photography by Thomas Picard, is shown can be found...

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GWYNBLEIDD Schedules Canadian Live Debut

Brooklyn, New York-based metal band GWYNBLEIDD is set to perform its first-ever Canadian shows next week with dates scheduled in Toronto (April 23) and Sudbury (April 25) as a support to Finland's KALMAH and at the Sudbury Metal Feast! festival. These will also be the first-ever international perfor...

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ANCIENT RITES, METSATLL Confirmed For HEATHEN CRUSADE 3 Festival

ANCIENT RITES (Belgium) and METSATLL (Estonia) have been confirmed bands for the Heathen Crusade 3 festival, set to take place November 14-15 at Station 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANCIENT RITES (Belgium) METSATLL (Estonia) NOMANS LAND (Russia) GERNOTSHAG...

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DEFIANCE Bassist Robbed At Gunpoint

Last Friday (March 14),bassist Mike Kaufmann of the San Francisco thrashers DEFIANCE was robbed at gunpoint by six guys at the West Oakland BART station (Bay Area Rapid Transit; rail service which connects San Francisco with the East Bay). Commented Kaufmann: "I was barely able to escape and I'm VE...

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ONLY LIVING WITNESS Singer To Guest On EHNAHRE Album

EHNAHRE, the new band featuring several former members of KAYO DOT, has tapped Jonah Jenkins (ONLY LIVING WITNESS, RAWRADARWAR) to lay down guest vocals on the group's new album, "The Man Closing Up", to released this spring on Sound Devastation Records (UK). Jenkins helps out with vocals on three t...

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ZIMMERS HOLE Guitarist To Sit Out Canadian Dates; Temporary Replacement Announced

ZIMMERS HOLE, the Vancouver-based project featuring guitarist Jed Simon and bassist Byron Stroud of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD alongside legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT, DEATH, DARK ANGEL),has issued the following update: "Well, we are only days away from the release of the n...

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PHANTOM-X Pulls Out Of Germany's KEEP IT TRUE X; BATTLEROAR Steps In

PHANTOM-X has been forced to pull out of the Keep It True X festival, dubbed "Reign Of The Tyrant", which is scheduled to take place April 4-5, 2008 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. According to festival organizers, the band called off the gig "because singer Kevin Goocher [who a...

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LOWA Featuring Former MORBID ANGEL, GRIP INC., FORBIDDEN Members: Music Available

LOWA, the new band featuring former MORBID ANGEL bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker, ex-GRIP INC./ HEATHEN bassist Jason VieBrooks and former FORBIDDEN/MANMADEGOD drummer Steve Jacobs, has posted three recently completed demo tracks — "Lowa", "UMA" and "Whore" — on VieBrooks' MySpace page. LOWA made its...

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NOMANS LAND, GERNOTSHAGEN, THRUDVANGAR Confirmed For HEATHEN CRUSADE 3

NOMANS LAND (Russia),GERNOTSHAGEN (Germany) and THRUDVANGAR (Germany) are the first three confirmed bands for the Heathen Crusade 3 festival, set to take place in November 2008 at Station 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The exact dates for the event will be announced soon. For more information, visit www...