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VREID Begins Recording New Album

Bassist Hváll of the Norwegian band VREID has issued the following update: "The second weekend of November we started the recordings of our third album. Steingrim spend four intense days of beating the hell out of his drum kit, and what a job he did. He has always been a great drummer, but on this ....

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Chapter Chaos Begins

It is pleasant surprise time again. I'm talking about "Chapter Chaos Begins" by Montreal thrash kings ANONYMUS. It is a crime that more folks outside of Canada are not aware of the knuckle-busting thrash produced by this monster act. The group has moved quite a few units in its homeland and for good...

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The Diabolic Procession

Right out of the starting gate, Chicago's BIBLE OF THE DEVIL parties like it's 1979, tossing out galloping moon-boot riffs like candy off a parade float and singing about ridiculous shit in the most earnest voice since Paul Stanley's. Like some demented bastard child of KISS, RIOT, PENTAGRAM and the...

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The Deep and Dreamless Sleep

Never been a big fan of these Boston trad-metal water-treaders, from their somewhat plodding and generic major label days to their more recent, hopeless and low-buck efforts. And I wasn't expecting to change my mind based on the "Xeroxed tree" motif of the cover of "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep", or...

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Threshold

Six albums in, and a darker wind seems to be blowing through the HAMMERFALL camp, ruffling the frilliest of shirts and injecting a little minor-chord pomposity into the band's helium odes to how much rocking, well, rocks. Don't get me wrong, the band isn't reinventing their sound, or even trying any...

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VINNY APPICE: New BLACK SABBATH Songs Are 'Very, Very Heavy, But A Little Bit More Modern'

Vinny Appice, legendary drummer from DIO/BLACK SABBATH, checked in with Hardrock Haven after returning from England and recording with Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler. The band, called HEAVEN AND HELL, is recording bonus tracks for the "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years" release is plannin...

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MASTER Added To DERANGED European Tour

Death metal legends MASTER have been added to the previously announced DERANGED European headlining tour, which is set to take place in May 2007. The lineup for the trek is now as follows: DERANGED, MASTER, RESURRECTED, DEMONICAL and EPICEDIUM. So far the following shows have been booked, with more...

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KAMELOT Guitarist Issues New Album Update

Guitarist Thomas Youngblood of the American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT has issued the following update: "I am just returning from another great week in Germany as we are laying down the finishing touches of the new album. I am dying to tell you the song ideas and title but I am sworn to sec...

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Guitarist JESPER STRÖMBLAD: 'I Have Not Quit IN FLAMES'

DIMENSION ZERO — the Swedish band featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass),ex-MARDUK vocalist Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — has begun recording its third album, tentatively due in early 2007. We spent th...

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SOULFLY Drummer 'Looking Back At A Very Intense Year'

SOULFLY drummer Joe Nunez has issued the following update: "After our return from the Gigantour with MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, and CALIBAN in Australia, I took a deep breath and found myself looking back at a very intense year, 2006. SOULFLY had hit the globe with 'Dark Ages', and the touring was non-st...

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ELDRITCH: New Album To Contain '14 Killer Songs'

Italian progressive-aggressive metal band ELDRITCH entered Bigwave studios on December 1 to begin recording its seventh album, entitled "Blackenday". According to a posting on the group's web site, the new CD is beginning to take shape, with 14 "killer songs that will surprise the worldwide fanbase...

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DOG FASHION DISCO Calls It Quits

Baltimore's DOG FASHION DISCO has officially called it quits. The group's vocalist, Todd Smith, has issued the following statement on the matter: "Well, after all these years DOG FASHION DISCO are calling it quits. Actually, I wouldn't say 'quit,' but we are ending the band, although DOG FASHION DIS...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY Close To Signing New Record Deal

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update: "We spent most of 2006 writing and recording the new disc… Had to sorta pick up the pieces after the band split up after the AMORPHIS tour. Regardless, it took a while to orchest...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer Issues Update On TERROR SYNDROME Solo Project

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, here it is, the last update for 2006! Got a studio update for you all on my solo/side project TERROR SYNDROME and some related RVP session news. "First of all, the TERROR SYNDROME album...

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The Last of My Kind

We need more discs like CRESCENT SHIELD's "The Last of My Kind" to remind us of the classic metal sound of old and just how refreshing it can be in this metalcore-saturated world. The Los Angels band, featuring ex-DESTINY'S END guitarist Daniel DeLucie and ex-ONWARD vocalist Michael Grant, unleashes...