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Seizures in Barren Praise

With three releases in 2007 and the new 25-minute full-length, "Seizures in Barren Praise", this year, TRAP THEM is clearly a band overflowing with creative juices. The sound is still proudly based in the Sunlight sound and style of seminal Swedish death metal acts like ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER, the s...

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The Fathomless Mastery

Swedish "superstar" death metallers BLOODBATH have been the critical darlings of extreme metal for quite some time now, even more so since the release of the "Unblessing the Purity" EP and the "The Wacken Carnage" CD/DVD. At least some of that has to do with the now widely accepted role of OPETH's M...

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MUCKY PUP: 20th-Anniversary European Tour Planned

Reactivated New Jersey crossover/hardcore band MUCKY PUP will embark on a short European tour next summer to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. The trek will tentatively feature the same band lineup that recorded the "Now" album (1991) and will see the group performing songs from its first three r...

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THROWDOWN Signs With KOCH RECORDS

Orange County, California's hardcore/metal act THROWDOWN has inked deal with Koch Records. The band will begin recording "Deathless", its first album under this new deal, in early 2009. "Signing with Koch Records is a breath of fresh air for us," said THROWDOWN frontman Dave Peters. "Koch looks at t...

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CALLEJON Films 'Phantomschmerz' Video

German "riff masters" CALLEJON have finished filming a video for the song "Phantomschmerz" taken from the band's new album, "Zombieactionhauptquartier", which was released last month via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented singer Bastian Sobtzik: "We definitely wanted something special that matches the...

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AXL ROSE Breaks Silence On 'Chinese Democracy', Original GN'R Reunion, DR PEPPER And BRIAN MAY

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose broke his silence last night (Thursday, December 11) by answering fan questions on the message boards of two of the most popular GUNS N' ROSES fan sites on the Web — MyGNR.com and Here Today… Gone To Hell! BLABBERMOUTH.NET has collected some of the ...

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TERROR: New Video Interview With NICK JETT Available

Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with drummer Nick Jett of the Los Angeles hardcore/metal band TERROR prior to the band's December 5, 2008 "Persistence Tour" concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 15-minute chat below. TERROR's third full-length album, "The Damned, The Sham...

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THROWDOWN Rumored To Have Split With Drummer

Orange County, California's hardcore/metal act THROWDOWN is rumored to have parted ways with drummer Ben Dussault. The band has yet to make an official announcement on the matter. HardTimes.ca recently conducted an interview with THROWDOWN vocalist Dave Peters. Watch the nine-minute chat below. THRO...

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TURMOIL Has A New Singer

Philadelphia hardcore/metal band TURMOIL has tapped Nate Johnson (THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, PREMONITIONS OF WAR) to replace longtime frontman Jon Gula, who left the group in September. Tracking for TURMOIL's first LP since 1999's "The Process Of" started earlier in the year at Skylight Studios i...

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EARTH CRISIS: New Album Title Revealed

Reunited hardcore legends EARTH CRISIS have set "To The Death" as the title of their new album, due in the spring via Century Media Records. The self-produced CD was recorded at Castle Recording Studios in Utica, New York and is currently being mixed by Tue Madsen (HEAVEN SHALL BURN, DARK TRANQUILLI...

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SWORN ENEMY Prepares To Enter Studio With TIM LAMBESIS

Queens, New York-based hardcore/metal act SWORN ENEMY spent the majority of 2008 touring the world with such acclaimed acts as HATEBREED, EARTH CRISIS, DIVINE HERESY and TERROR in support of its latest effort, "Maniacal", which was widely renowned as the group's best and heaviest offering yet. Now,...

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IN FLAMES, OPETH, AMON AMARTH, THE HAUNTED Nominated For SWEDISH METAL AWARDS

IN FLAMES, OPETH, AMON AMARTH, THE HAUNTED and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN are among among the nominated artists for the second annual Swedish Metal Awards, which will be held January 23, 2009 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The complete list of nominees is as follows: Hard Rock: BULLET - "Bite The Bullet" YNGWIE MALMS...

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FIRST BLOOD Debuting New Material On AGNOSTIC FRONT Tour

San Francisco, California's hardcore/metal band FIRST BLOOD has just kicked off a two-week tour with New York hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT. The group is cranking out some new jams at these shows that will be included on its new album, "Silence Is Betrayal", due in early 2009. Commented FIRST BLOO...

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WEHRMACHT Is Back!

Reactivated late 1980s Portland, Oregon-based thrash metal/hardcore band WEHRMACHT has issued the following update: "For the last two months, Marco Zorich [guitar], Shann Mortimer [bass], Tito 'Mezzy' Matos [vocals], Brian Lehfeldt [drums] and myself, John Duffy [guitar], have begun rehearsing all t...

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TERROR: 'Betrayer' Video Available

"Betrayer", the new video from the Los Angeles hardcore/metal band TERROR, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's third full-length album, "The Damned, The Shamed", which was released on June 10 (May 26 in Europe) via Century Media Records. The CD was produced by Zeuss (HATEBREED, SHADOW...