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The Dead Eye

What to make of this new HAUNTED album? It's hard to take it out of context and judge it on its own merits — on one hand, you have the band's formidable back catalog to measure it against, a smorgasbord of modern-day Swedish thrash that renders 95% of their colleagues obsolete. Tied to that is ...

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THE HAUNTED Performs In Holland: Photos Posted Online, Setlist Revealed

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED kicked off live activities in support of their new album, "The Dead Eye", with a European mini-tour beginning on November 1. Support on the trek, which concludes on November 9 in Gothenburg, Sweden, comes from Denmark's MERCENARY. A number of high-quality photos from th...

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PYREXIA, AEON, DECREPIT BIRTH: European Tour Cancelled

The previously announced European tour featuring PYREXIA, AEON, DECREPIT BIRTH, and INHERIT DISEASE has been cancelled. Commented DECREPIT BIRTH guitarist Matt Sotelo in an online posting, "The booking company called off the tour due to the fact that dates were not getting finalized and time was run...

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DECREPIT BIRTH: New Album Title Announced

Guitarist/vocalist Matt Sotelo of the Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH has issued the following update: "The new [DECREPIT BIRTH] album will be called 'Diminishing Between Worlds'. This album will be a step in more of a melodic and progressive direction yet still have a he...

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CYNIC Drummer Comments On Reunion Plans

Drummer Sean Reinert of the long-defunct Florida-based band CYNIC — whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal — has commented on the group's plans to embark a reunion tour in the spring/summer of 2007, beginning with possible U.S. warm-up...

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AUGURY Guitarist's Instrumental Project To Feature Artwork By VOIVOD's AWAY

AUGURY guitarist Mathieu Marcotte is currently recording an instrumental solo album called "Humanoid". This acoustic-space-metal project with varied influences such as CYNIC, PINK FLOYD and OPETH, will feature guest appearances by Forest (AUGURY, QUO VADIS, ATHERETIC) on fretless bass and ChaotH (UN...

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It's Official: CYNIC To Reunite For European Festival Appearances, Possible U.S. Dates

Long-defunct Florida-based band CYNIC, whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal, has confirmed plans to embark a reunion tour in the spring/summer of 2007, beginning with possible U.S. warm-up performances and culminating in a number of f...

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THE HAUNTED: Audio Interview With PETER DOLVING Available

A 30-minute audio interview with THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving, conducted earlier in the month by Denmark's Revolution Music webzine (web site),has been posted online at this location (MP3, 27.5 MB). In the interview, Dolving talks about drug abuse, the group's new album, "The Dead Eye", touri...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Checks In From Korea

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site: "Finally got some time out of the hectic schedule to issue a website update from the luxurious bar of our hotel in Korea. The tour has been a truly phenomenal experience so far, and we wan...

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AGHORA Hard At Work On Second Album With Producer NEIL KERNON

Miami, Florida-based progressive metal band AGHORA is currently recording its second album, "Formless", with producer Neil Kernon (QUEENSRŸCHE, NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEICIDE) for a November release. Diana Serra's vocals are being tracked in guitarist Santiago Dobles' home studio in Miami, Flor...

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COPROFAGO Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Chile's COPROFAGO has inked a deal with Candlelight Records. COPROFAGO was formed in Santiago on June of 1993 by Sebastián Vergara (guitar, vocals) and Pablo Alvarez (guitar),plus two friends of theirs. With that young lineup (all still at school),the band recorded a standard death metal demo that...

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ATHEIST Frontman Talks About His VELVET REVOLVER Audition

Blastwave webzine recently conducted an interview with the seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Blastwave: You've recently had Relapse reissue your back catalogue. A lot of people would probably not have heard this music without those reissues. A lot of peop...

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CYNIC To Reunite For European Festival Appearances, Possible U.S. Dates

Long-defunct Florida-based band CYNIC, whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal, is rumored to be planning a reunion tour in the spring/summer of 2007, beginning with possible U.S. warm-up performances and culminating in a number of festi...

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Former DEATH/CYNIC Drummer Remembers CHUCK SCHULDINER

ChAoS MuSiC FoRuM recently conducted an interview with former CYNIC/DEATH and current AEON SPOKE drummer Sean Reinert. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Chaos-Forum: You appeared on DEATH's "Human" album. Why did Chuck choose you? Did you know him previously? How was...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: I Am Convinced That Lots Of Our Fans Will Hate The New Album

Finnish webzine HardcoreSounds.net conducted an interview with THE HAUNTED vocalist Peter Dolving during the band's visit to Finland last month. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HardcoreSounds.net: So how did you end up in a thrash band like THE HAUNTED? Peter Dolving: "I don't have any re...