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CELLADOR Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement

Nebraska-based extreme power metallers CELLADOR have parted ways with bass player Val Rakhmanov. "The split was in no way in bad terms," says guitarist Bill Hudson. "Val is still one of my best friends and I intend to help him in any way I can with his future projects. No shows will be cancelled, an...

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LORDI, MENDEED Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

LORDI and MENDEED have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULLET FOR MY VA...

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Brazil's SCELERATA Signs With MTM MUSIC

MTM Music has announced the signing of Brazilian melodic metal band SCELERATA. According to a press release, SCELERATA is "a young and talented band from Brasil, now stepping into the scene with a very technical and powerful melodic metal debut album. Formed in 2003, they had no great interest in do...

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Drummer JENS MALUSCHKA Quits DISILLUSION

Drummer Jens Maluschka has left Leipzig, Germany-based prog-death band DISILLUSION. Commented Jens: "After six years of intensive work with DISILLUSION, it is time for a break. There are various reasons. I want to concentrate more on my private life, meaning I will become a father in June of this ye...

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LIZZY BORDEN: 'Master Of Disguise' Reissue Detailed

Metal Blade Records and LIZZY BORDEN have announced the reissue of the 1989 original recording of "Master of Disguise", due on March 6. Special features will include: * A re-master of the original disc * Liner notes written by producer of "Master of Disguise", Elliot Solomon * A bonus (demo) track,...

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IMPALED NAZARENE: New Album Title Revealed

Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have issued the following update: "'Latex Cult' (1996) and 'Rapture' (1998) albums have (finally) been remastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studio. Needless to say, sound quality improved 666% to say the least. Ritual, our house artist, has already worked...

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MACHINEMADE GOD Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

German metal act MACHINEMADE GOD has parted ways with guitarist Holger Kiparski and has replaced him with Marc Niedersberg. "With this new and strong lineup we're hitting the road in February for a short headlining tour together with our friends in DEADSOIL and KORODED," the band writes in a stateme...

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VOMITORY Completes Work On 'Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize'

Swedish death metallers VOMITORY have completed work on their new album. "Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize" was recorded, mixed and mastered at Leon Music Studio in Karlstad, Sweden with producer/engineer Rikard Löfgren during December. Comments drummer Tobias Gustafsson: "We have now finally completed...

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CATARACT Parts Ways With Guitarist, Seeks Replacement

Swiss metalcore band CATARACT has parted ways with guitarist Simon Fullemann. "We've had several discussions between different members about our future concerning music, shape, form and structure of CATARACT and, of course, the year lying ahead," the group writes in a statement. "And, after a final...

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Year of Desolation

The word "smoking" gets thrown around so much with regard to an album's riffs, but damn if it doesn't apply in a big way on YEAR OF DESOLATION's self-titled debut for Prosthetic. (The band's first release, "Your Blood My Vendetta" was released in 2004 on Corrosive Recordings). I mean the guitars bur...

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METAL BLADE Sets Release Date For CANNIBAL CORPSE And LIZZY BORDEN Reissues

To celebrate Metal Blade's 25th anniversary, the label will be reissuing CANNIBAL CORPSE's 1996 fifth studio album — the first to feature current vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher — "Vile", with an additional four-track DVD filmed at San Francisco's Berkeley Square on February 3, 1997. Also sch...

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TOURNIQUET To Take Part In Online Chat

Christian thrash metallers TOURNIQUET will take part in an online chat on Sunday, January 21 at 8:00 p.m. CST at this location. The chat will be open to anyone and there is no registration required. As previously reported, TOURNIQUET has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sonshine Festival,...

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CELTIC FROST: Back-Up Guitar Destroyed 'Out Of Petty, Pathetic Vengefulness'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Out of petty, pathetic vengefulness for being confronted, in a highly professional manner one might add, for utterly failing to do his job, one of those who travelled with us in North America in Septemb...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJE...

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Former YOB Leader To Release MIDDIAN Debut In March

MIDDIAN, the band featuring former YOB leader Mike Scheidt, will release its debut album, "Age Eternal", in Europe on March 26 via Metal Blade Records (March 23 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland). MIDDIAN is Mike Scheidt - Guitar and Vocals Will Lindsay - Bass and Vocals Scott Headrick - Drums "Ag...