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ASSASSIN Taps Producer HARRIS JOHNS For New Album

Reactivated German thrashers ASSASSIN will release their new album, "Breaking The Silence", in February 2011 via SPV/Steamhammer Records. The CD was recorded with veteran metal producer Harris Johns, who has previously worked with VOIVOD, KREATOR and SODOM, among many others. In other news, ASSASSIN...

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E-FORCE In Pre-Production For New Album

E-FORCE, the France-based band featuring former VOIVOD bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest alongside Krof (drums) and Jerome Point (lead guitar),is still in "pre-production stage" for its third album, entitled "The Curse Of The Cunt". Due in 2011 via Thundering Records, the CD's lyrical concept will atte...

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WOJCZECH To Release 'Pulsus Letalis' In October

Poland's Selfmadegod Records will release the new WOJCZECH full-length album, "Pulsus Letalis", mid-October 2010. The CD was recorded by Pierre Bernhard at Sessionstudio/Ostseerockstudio and mixed and mastered by Harris Johns (CORONER, KREATOR, VOIVOD, PESTILENCE) at Musiclab. The album contains 12...

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ABORYM: 'Psychogrotesque' Artwork Unveiled

Four years after the release of the critically acclaimed "Generator" album, Italian/Norwegian electro/post black metallers ABORYM are back with their fifth CD. Set for a November 8 European release (November 23 in the U.S.) via Season Of Mist, the new full-length is entitled "Psychogrotesque" and is...

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ACCEPT, VOIVOD, Ex-SCORPIONS Members Interviewed For Latest 'Classic Rock And Metal Podcast'

Former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell, Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD and guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT were interviewed for the September 2010 edition of the "Classic Rock And Metal Podcast". You can now stream the podcast using the audio player below. Accordin...

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VOIVOD: Nottingham Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of VOIVOD performing the song "Ravenous Medicine" on August 9, 2010 at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, England can be viewed below (courtesy of Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). VOIVOD has scheduled a special free performance on Saturday, September 4 in Montreal,...

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ABORYM: More 'Psychogrotesque' Details Revealed

Four years after the release of the critically acclaimed "Generator" album, Italian/Norwegian electro/post black metallers ABORYM are back with their fifth CD. Set for a November 8 European release (November 23 in the U.S.) via Season Of Mist, the new full-length is entitled "Psychogrotesque" and is...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2010: Video Overview

PitCam Production has posted a four-minute video overview of this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. You can watch the clip below. A number of high-quality photos from this year's Wacken Open Air festival have been posted online at Met...

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Guitarist DAN MONGRAIN: How I Landed VOIVOD Gig

Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock recently conducted an interview with VOIVOD/MARTYR guitarist Dan Mongrain. An excerpt from the chat follows below. 69 Faces Of Rock: How did you get involved with Voivod? Dan Mongrain: First of all, let me say that VOIVOD is my favorite band of all time. I remembe...

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Atlas Drugged

It's gotta be a rough sled, being LOOK WHAT I DID. I got threatened with bodily harm just for liking them five years ago, when their "Minuteman For the Moment" album came out (remember that re-launched Combat label they were on? Yeah, neither does anyone else). But time hasn't mellowed their penchan...

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VOIVOD Announces Free Montreal Show

Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD have scheduled a special free performance on Saturday, September 4 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band will headline the M On The Quays festival on Quays of the Old Port Of Montreal. Other acts slated to appear include Montreal hard rockers PRIESTESS, Toronto's DD/...

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VOIVOD, PORCUPINE TREE Members Contribute To 'Mean Deviation' Book

Bazillion Points Books has announced the late 2010 release of "Mean Deviation: Four Decades Of Progressive Heavy Metal" by Jeff Wagner, a former editor of Metal Maniacs magazine and veteran supporter of metal's most risk-taking bands. Wagner analyzes the heady side of metal in this exhaustive histor...

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VOIVOD, Ex-MEGADETH Members To Guest On HYPERION Debut

Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND),Dan Mongrain (VOIVOD, MARTYR) and Jeff Potts (MANTIC RITUAL) have recorded guest guitar solos on the forthcoming debut album from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania progressive metallers HYPERION, entitled "Orchestrating The Myth". According to the band, "these guys laid...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2010 Photos Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos from this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany have been posted online at Metal-Experience.com. Included are pictures of the following artists: Thursday, August 5: (photos) SKYLINE ALICE COOPER MÖTLEY CRÜE GOJIRA Friday,...

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VOIVOD Begins Writing New Material

Ken Kelly of The MusicNerd Chronicles recently conducted an interview with drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On remastering classic VOIVOD albums "Rrroooaaarrr", "Killing Technology" and "Dimension Hatross" for re-release,...