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GHOULUNATICS Calling It Quits

Bassist Gary Lyons of the Montreal deathcore act GHOULUNATICS has issued the following update: "It is with great regret and sadness that I officially inform you that the GHOULUNATICS adventure is coming to an end. "Our singer, Patrick Mireault (aka Evil S. Presley),recently told us that he didn't h...

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GORGOROTH: Making Of 'Carving A Giant' Video To Air On Norwegian 'Headbanger's Ball'

The Norwegian "Headbanger's Ball" will air a report on the making of the GORGOROTH video for the song Carving a Giant", shot earlier in the year in a cave deep inside a mountain outside of Bergen. The footage includes "a grotesque display of naked, crucified humans, impaled sheepheads and enough blo...

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DISFEAR: New Song Posted Online

DISFEAR, the Swedish "crust rock" outfit featuring former AT THE GATES/THE CROWN vocalist Tomas Lindberg and ex-ENTOMBED guitarist Ulf "Uffe" Cederlund, has posted a new song, entitled "Get It Off", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Live The Storm", due on January 22 i...

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Guitarist INFERNUS Launches New GORGOROTH Web Site, MySpace Page

GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus — who is involved in a legal dispute with his estranged bandmates over the rights to the group's name — has launched the "official" web site and MySpace page for his version of GORGOROTH. According to a posting on the site, GORGOROTH's lineup "has been subject to several...

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DELUZION: 'Alive & Wrecking' EP Out Now

Dutch metallers DELUZION have just released a live EP entitled "Alive & Wrecking". Recorded earlier this year, the three-song effort is said to be "a sneak preview" of the band's debut full-length, tentatively titled "The Placebo Effect", which is scheduled for a spring 2008 release. DELUZION ha...

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EXODUS Guitarist Talks About The Making Of 'The Atrocity Exhibition'

Jackie Smit of Chronicles of Chaos recently conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Chronicles of Chaos: What were the circumstances surrounding Tom's [Hunting, drums] return to EXODUS? Holt: If you had to put it in one word: time. He just n...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist's ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO: New York City Footage Posted Online

Video footage of ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, opening for RODRIGO Y GABRIELA at Roseland Ballroom in New York City on October 19, 2007 can be viewed below. ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO's first-ever music video, for the single "Mercury Retrogra...

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EXCITER: New Album Update

Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER have issued the following update: "The recording of [the new EXCITER album] 'Thrash Speed Burn' is moving along. The music and vocals are complete for eight of the 10 songs. On the remaining two, all that's left is lead and backing vocals. Then it's mixing time...

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KONKHRA: 'Hail To The King' Video Being Planned

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA recently finished re-recording their long-awaited new album, "Nothing Is Sacred", after encountering technical difficulties which forced them to scrap some of the previously completed early tracks. Two songs from the CD — "Religion is a Whore" and "Hail to the King"...

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TESTAMENT: New Photos From Recording Studio Posted Online

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have posted several new photos from the recording sessions for the group's new album, "The Formation of Damnation". Check them out at this location. "The Formation of Damnation" is scheduled for release in early 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. The b...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist Selling 'Precious Amplifier Pieces'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has issued the following update: "Since a majority of my time these days is spent playing nylon-string classic and flamenco guitars, I've decided to part with my most precious amplifier pieces. A part of me didn't want to let go of these items, many of which have...

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THE CULT On 'Cinemax Tour Stories'; Video Available

"Cinemax Tour Stories" recently conducted an interview with THE CULT vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy about how the radio business really works today and life on the road. The two clips — which include footage of THE CULT performing the new single "Dirty Little Rock Star" — can be view...

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TERROR SYNDROME Overcoming Studio Mishaps

THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has issued the following update on the status of the as-yet-unreleased debut album from his Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band TERROR SYNDROME: "It's been an interesting few weeks or so since our hard drive fizzed on us. We lost some o...

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MELDRUM: More Tour Dates Announced

MELDRUM, the Swedish/American band led by former PHANTOM BLUE guitarist Michelle Meldrum (wife of EUROPE axeman John Norum),has scheduled the following dates: Nov. 16 - Pub Anchor - Stockholm, Sweden Nov. 17 - Pub Anchor - Stockholm, Sweden Nov. 23 - Prismasalen - Västeras, Sweden Nov. 28 - Le Picc...

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TESTAMENT: New Album Title Revealed

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have set "The Formation of Damnation" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in early 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band is currently recording the drums tracks with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) a...