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HEAPS OF DEAD Signs With CDN RECORDS

Canadian brutal death metal act HEAPS OF DEAD has inked a deal with CDN Records, joining the ranks of DEAMON, THY FLESH CONSUMED, CORPROPHEMIA, BOWELS OUT and more. The band's debut album, "Deceased, Dismembered And Left To Decay", will be available for purchase in early 2009. HEAPS OF DEAD is: Ty T...

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THANATOS Signs With DEITY DOWN RECORDS

Dutch death/thrash metal pioneers THANATOS will release their fifth full-length album, "Justified Genocide", in the first quarter of 2009 through Deity Down Records. The CD was recorded at Excess studios in Rotterdam, Netherlands and mixed by Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, EDGE OF SANITY and BLOODBATH fame...

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OMNIUM GATHERUM Issues Year-End Update

Finland's OMNIUM GATHERUM have issued the following update: "The year 2008 is coming to an end and what a great year it was for a camp OMNIUM GATHERUM. The new great album, 'The Redshift', was released and it have accomplished a huge amount of words of praise and cheering among the medias and fans,...

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QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY: 'I Didn't Know' FREDDIE MERCURY Was Gay

World Entertainment News Network reports that QUEEN guitarist Brian May did not realize his bandmate Freddie Mercury was gay for years — because the flamboyant star had a string of girlfriends. The pair was close during the early days of the band, but the legendary guitarist insists he had no inclin...

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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK Shreds The Axe At Rochester's GUITAR EXPO; Video Available

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) performed live at the annual Guitar Expo hosted by Rochester, New York's House Of Guitars superstore on Saturday, November 22. Watch video footage of his appearance below (clips uploaded by "larsloudamp"). Guitar Expo features re...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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Former ACCEPT Bassist PETER BALTES: New Demo Track Posted Online

Former ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes has uploaded a new solo instrumental track titled "Heavy Mental" on his MySpace page. Several older instrumental tracks are also available. Peter Baltes is available for session work either as a bassist or as a collaborator/producer through eSession.com. He says, "...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Suing LIVE NATION Over Merchandise Sales

Adam Satariano of Bloomberg.com reports that BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi is suing Live Nation Inc. for trademark infringement, alleging a subsidiary of the music promoter has illegally sold merchandise using images of the band. The guitarist alleged that Signatures Network Inc., purchased by...

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Former CELTIC FROST Frontman Invited To 1349 Recording Session

Former CELTIC FROST and current TRIPTYKON frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has issued the following update: "I will return to Norway tonight [Tuesday, December 16] for most of the remainder of December, following an invitation by [Norwegian black metallers] 1349 to visit them in the studio during the re...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Begins Writing New Material

Bassist Dan Briggs of the Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has issued the following update: "As most of you know, we finished up our U.S. run for 'Colors' last weekend with four shows with some of our good North Carolina friends' bands. We then pr...

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SHEAVY To Debut New Material At Hometown Show

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada "stoner" rockers SHEAVY will debut some of their brand new material at their December 20, 2008 concert at Distortion in the band's hometown. The group says, "This will be our first show since August and we've got a bunch of new tunes to run through. In fact, it's a w...

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AXL ROSE Takes Part In Another Online Chat, Says There Are 'No Plans' For GN'R Tour Right Now

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose took part in yet another online chat Friday night (December 12),this time via the GUNS N' ROSES fan community ChineseDemocracy.com. BLABBERMOUTH.NET has compiled the most interesting bits from the question-and-answer session and is re-posting them here for yo...

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DROWNING POOL Bassist Sets Record Straight On 'Music-As-Torture' Practice

DROWNING POOL bassist Stevie Benton has commented on the reports that the band's music has been used to prepare detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay for interrogation. He said in a statement: "I would like to set the record straight to say that upon our return from Baghdad (in 2006) and...

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HEARSE: In Mixing Mode

HEARSE, the Swedish "death 'n' roll" band featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, is currently mixing its fifth album for an early 2009 release via Vic Records. Commented Thornell: "Yup, as told the new album is recorded. Time for mixing and time for Dan S...

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MUCKY PUP: 20th-Anniversary European Tour Planned

Reactivated New Jersey crossover/hardcore band MUCKY PUP will embark on a short European tour next summer to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. The trek will tentatively feature the same band lineup that recorded the "Now" album (1991) and will see the group performing songs from its first three r...