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DEMONICAL: New Album Title Revealed

DEMONICAL, the Swedish death metal band featuring past and present members from CENTINEX, GRAVE, REGURGITATE, INTERMENT, AMARAN, WORLD BELOW and DELLAMORTE, has set "Death Infernal" as the title of its third album, due in April 2011 via Germany's Cyclone Empire Records. The CD is currently being rec...

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Contagion

Big, bad, and ugly, Chicago's OCEANO burst onto the deathcore the scene with 2009's "Depths" with a mission to be one of the heaviest bands on the planet. Whether they achieved such an audacious goal is arguable, but they did establish themselves as one of the better acts in this now crowded sub-gen...

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Death at the Gates of Delirium

It may be new school UK death metal bands like TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY that are getting all the attention, but there is a ready-for-prime-time act called CONTAIGEON lurking in the underground that deserves wider recognition. The guys play real deal, down 'n dirty UK death...

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It's Time to Face...

"Fuck the 21st Century; we ain't done with the 1980s yet!" could have been a statement released by Italian crossover crusties CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY since "It's time to Face the Doomsday" is '80s thrashing punk in the most genuine of ways. It is nearly impossible to fake the kind of rowdy and rotten...

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Crisis in Utopia

We'll not even reference the band in which several members of HOLY GRAIL played at tone time since it has been referenced in nearly every bit of coverage they've gotten, thereby detracting from the facts of the matter. Included in those facts are that since 2009's "Improper Burial" EP, one with only...

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EPHEL DUATH Mainman's MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN Releases Debut Mini-CD

MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN, the new project formed by Davide Tiso of Italian avant-garde metallers EPHEL DUATH, has just released its debut mini-CD, "The Breathing House", via Amaranth Recordings (a sub-label of Aural Music operated by Tiso himself). The CD version is available at www.auralwebstore.com,...

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SKEW SISKIN: Trailer For U.K. Tour With MOTÖRHEAD Available

German female-fronted rockers SKEW SISKIN will support MOTÖRHEAD on a U.K. tour later this month. A trailer for the trek can be viewed below. SKEW SISKIN released its latest album, "Peace Breaker", in May 2007 via Monongo Records. With regards to the new CD's title, SKEW SISKIN singer Nina C. Alice...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Shuts Down Fan Club, Cites FACEBOOK's Success As Reason

ICED EARTH founder Jon Schaffer today closed his band's fan club, the Minions of the Wicked, citing the success of Facebook as the reason. "When we launched Minions of the Wicked," Schaffer said, "the real power and usefulness of social-network sites like Facebook was unknown to us. Everyone knew ab...

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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Working On New Material

Guitarist/vocalist Michiel Dekker of Dutch extreme metallers THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT has issued the following update: "At the moment we are working on new tracks for the upcoming album. The new stuff sounds very good (I can say that because I wrote it). It will be in the vein of [2008's] 'Trivmvirate...

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ICED EARTH: Live Tracks From Forthcoming DVD Available For Free

U.S. power metallers ICED EARTH have just made available two free blistering live tracks from their forthcoming DVD, "Festivals Of The Wicked", to be released in early 2011. Click here to find out how to obtain them (free sign-up required). "Festivals Of The Wicked" features full-length concerts fro...

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ARCH ENEMY Performs In Poland For First Time (Video)

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY played their first-ever show in Poland on October 26, 2010 at Klub Stodola in Warsaw. A three-minute video clip featuring footage from the soundcheck, backstage and the concert itself can be viewed below. In a recent interview with Maximum Rock Mag, ARCH E...

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ARTIZAN Taps Guitarist TONY SMOTHERMAN For Debut Album

U.S. melodic power metallers ARTIZAN have tapped "world-class shredder" Tony Smotherman to lay down the guitar solos on the band's forthcoming full-length debut. Commented ARTIZAN founder/drummer Ty Tammeus: "Tony constructed some very intense, melodic solos that take our material to another level....

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ICED EARTH Mainman Discusses SONS OF LIBERTY Project On 'Deadline Live' (Audio)

ICED EARTH/SONS OF LIBERTY mastermind Jon Schaffer was recently interviewed on "Deadline Live" with host Jack Blood. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. With several years of research and comprehensive information gathering, Jack "has a serious understanding of how the globa...

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SALOME: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Terminal", the new album from the extreme sludge doom metal trio SALOME, is available for streaming in its entirety at NPR.org. (Note: The stream wil only be availble until November 9.) Described as the band "most accomplished and epic work to date," the CD is said to be "an intense 70-plus-minute...

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THE AUTUMN OFFERING Calling It Quits?

Vocalist Matt McChesney of Daytona Beach, Florida's THE AUTUMN OFFERING has released the following statement: "Due to Tommy [Church, guitar] leaving the band, as well as a million other things, we have decided to take a long break. Possibly just end it, depending on what happens. We haven't been dro...