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HATEBREED Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Hardcore metal leaders HATEBREED are set to release their long-awaited new covers album, "For The Lions", on Tuesday May 5, 2009 via E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records). This new release is the follow-up to the band's #1 Billboard-charting DVD "Live Dominance", which came out last September. The songs...
February 9, 2009
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CRIMINAL Frontman Issues Post-Chilean Tour Update

Anglo-Chilean thrash masters CRIMINAL completed a short tour of Chile last month in support of their upcoming album, "White Hell", which will be released on February 27 via Massacre Records. Commented CRIMINAL guitarist/singer Anton Reisenegger: "[The tour] started off with our appearance at the Cum...
February 9, 2009
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'Guitar Hero: Metallica' Lead Designer Interviewed By Gamereactor; Video Available

Thomas Blichfeldt of the Danish edition of the Scandinavian gaming mag Gamereactor recently conducted an interview with Neversoft lead designer Alan Flores about the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game. Watch the chat below. METALLICA has revealed the complete track listing for Guitar Hero: Meta...
February 7, 2009
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SLAYER's ARAYA Says 'Death Magnetic' Was METALLICA's 'Attempt At Rediscovering Themselves'

MTV's HeadbangersBlog.com recently talked to SLAYER bassist and vocalist Tom Araya about the band's upcoming tour with MARILYN MANSON, the writing process for the group's next studio album and the already recorded new tunes "Psycopathy Red" (which has been released on the Internet) and and "Sleeps W...
February 7, 2009
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DEATHRASH: Live Recordings From First Show In Over 20 Years Posted Online

Reunited New Jersey thrashers DEATHRASH played their first show in 22 years at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey on Friday, January 16. The group's setlist for the show was as follows: 01. Thrash Beyond Death 02. Feel You Die 03. Buried Alive 04. Heart Of The Darkness 05. Red All Over 06. Lockjaw 07....
February 7, 2009
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METALLICA Frontman Meets Iraqi Heavy Metal Band ACRASSICAUDA; Video Available

Video footage of METALLICA frontman James Hetfield surprising ACRASSICAUDA — the band featured in the "Heavy Metal In Baghdad" documentary (web site) — this past Sunday night (February 1) backstage at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey by presenting them with one of his guitars, a black ESP...
February 6, 2009
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MASTODON Schedules Meet-And-Greet At NEW YORK COMIC CON

Atlanta-based hard rock behemoths MASTODON will take part in a meet-and-greet at the New York Comic Con on Friday, February 6 at 1:00 p.m. They will be at the Namco/Bandai kiosk for the debut of the new Splatterhouse game. New York Comic Con is the East Coast's biggest and most exciting popular cult...
February 5, 2009
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'Guitar Hero: Metallica' Lead Designer Interviewed By 'Talking Metal'; Video Available

MTV2's Headbanger's Blog has uploaded an interview "Talking Metal" hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Guitar Hero: Metallica lead designer Alan Flores. Topics include METALLICA's involvement in the game's creation, its exclusive add-on double bass drum pedal, and both the METALLICA...
February 5, 2009
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Former NECROPHOBIC/DARK FUNERAL Guitarist Preparing To Record New Demo

Swedish guitarist David Parland (NECROPHOBIC, DARK FUNERAL, INFERNAL) recently joined forces with drummer Tomas Asklund (ex-DARK FUNERAL, DISSECTION, INFERNAL) in an as-yet-unnamed new project. According to Parland, "me and Tomas have finished about 90 % of the core material for the first demo. Thin...
February 4, 2009
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BLACK WATER RISING To Release Self-Titled Debut In April

BLACK WATER RISING, the New York-based band featuring former members of STEREOMUD, BOILER ROOM and DUST TO DUST, will release its self-titled debut album on April 7. "Black Water Rising" is a collection of soul-baring, angst-ridden, riff-heavy material that is proudly anchored in the foundations of...
February 4, 2009
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SARKE Featuring DARKTHRONE's NOCTURNO CULTO: Another Song Posted Online

Indie Recordings has uploaded another song from SARKE, the Norwegian band featuring Sarke (KHOLD, TULUS, OLD MAN'S CHILD, SENSA ANIMA) and Nocturno Culto (DARKTHRONE). Check out the track "Vorunah" at this location. SARKE might sound like a new name, and in fact it is, but this grim story has more p...
February 4, 2009
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METALLICA: Washington, D.C. Pro-Shot Footage Available

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's January 15, 2009 concert at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. can be viewed below. The clip includes footage from the pre-show meet-and-greet session, backstage jam and the actual performance. METALLICA's concert in Washington, D.C. was a rare pyr...
February 4, 2009
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TARJA TURUNEN: 'Enough' Digital Single Due This Month

The U.K. branch of Spinefarm Records will release a new digital single from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, "Enough", on February 23. The single features the title track plus the bonus song "Wisdom Of Wind"; both cuts are brand new recordings, although it's yet to be determined if they will f...
February 4, 2009
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SARKE Featuring DARKTHRONE's NOCTURNO CULTO Signs With INDIE RECORDINGS

Indie Recordings has announced the signing of SARKE, the Norwegian band featuring Sarke (KHOLD, TULUS, OLD MAN'S CHILD, SENSA ANIMA) and Nocturno Culto (DARKTHRONE). SARKE might sound like a new name, and in fact it is, but this grim story has more pages than one first might think. Formed in 2008 by...
February 3, 2009
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FORBIDDEN Preparing To Record New Material

Guitarist Craig Locicero of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrahers FORBIDDEN has issued the following update: "Time for a quick news bit about what's upcoming. We're going to be laying down some tracks on a couple of new FORBIDDEN tunes next week with Tim Narducci [SYSTEMATIC] co-producing it w...
February 3, 2009