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MEGAFORCE RECORDS Founders Talk About Wanting To Sign MEGADETH In Early '80s

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip of Jon and Marsha Zazula, founders of Megaforce Records, talking about how they wanted to sign...

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KONKHRA: New Album Update

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA recently begun re-recording their long-awaited new album after encountering technical difficulties which forced them to scrap some of the already completed early tracks. Commented guitarist/vocalist Anders Lundemark: "We are ready to leave the comforts of James' [Mur...

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RESURRECTION Confirmed For California's GATHERING OF THE BESTIAL LEGION FESTIVAL

Tampa death metallers and former Nuclear Blast recording artists RESURRECTION, who had moderate success with their debut album "Embalmed Existence" (1993),have been confirmed for the Gathering of the Bestial Legion Festival III, set to take place August 19, 2007 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood...

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LULLACRY Is 'Free To Negotiate With Every Possible Label'

LULLACRY guitarist Sami VauhKonen has issued the following update: "I've made lots new (I hope) killer tunes lately. I actually also did one song for the band called GODSPLAQUE. My good friend Euge Valovirta said that he needs to write couple of songs more before the studio and I was like, 'Hold on,...

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DUBLIN DEATH PATROL: Promotional Video Available

DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP),the new band featuring TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy and former EXODUS vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza, has posted a 46-second promotional video for Europe at YouTube. As previously reported, another DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP) track, entitled "DDP 4 Life", has been added to the...

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ENTHRONED, DEMONICAL Confirmed For Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival

ENTHRONED and DEMONICAL have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 24-25 in Gemünden, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): APOPHIS ARCH ENEMY BENEDICTION DEMONICAL DISASTER KFW DYING FETUS EAR-SHOT...

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U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival Caps Attendance

The U.K.'s premier metal festival — Bloodstock — has confirmed that they have capped the festival at 7,000 tickets for this year's monster metal event at Catton Hall, Walton On Trent. Due to phenomenal demand the organizers have taken the unprecedented decision to limit the amount of attendees to th...

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THE CULT Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

THE CULT has signed with Roadrunner Records, according to Billboard.com. The group's first new album since 2001's Atlantic set "Beyond Good and Evil" will be released Sept. 25 in conjunction with its own New Wilderness imprint. The as-yet-untitled set is being recorded in London with producer Youth....

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SCUM OF THE EARTH: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs and ex-WHITE ZOMBIE drummer Ivan DePrume, has lined up the following tour dates (more shows to be announced): Jun. 17 - TNT's - East Lansing, MI Jun. 20 - Machine Shop - Flint, MI Jul. 03 - Studio 7 - Seattle, WA Jul. ...

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ENTOMBED, DISASTER KFW, EVOCATION Confirmed For Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival

ENTOMBED, DISASTER KFW and EVOCATION have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 24-25 in Gemünden, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): APOPHIS ARCH ENEMY BENEDICTION DISASTER KFW DYING FETUS EAR-SH...

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SPEEDTHEORY Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Wolverhampton, U.K.-based metal band SPEEDTHEORY has been confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 16-18 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, August 16: FIREWIND TESTAMENT HEAD-ON Friday, August 17: DARK T...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY: 'I Never Took Back A Record Until The Last METALLICA CD'

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has slammed fellow San Francisco Bay Area metallers METALLICA for releasing 2003's "St. Anger", an album that Billy says was so disappointing that he actually took the CD back to the record store. The following is an excerpt from an interview Chuck gave to "The Classic...

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OBITUARY: New Album Title Announced

Florida death metal legends OBITUARY have set "Xecutioner's Return" (Candlelight Records) as the title of their forthcoming album. The CD's release date has been pushed forward to August 28 from the previously announced September 11. The band is finalizing U.S. touring plans now that will kick off i...

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MARDUK Confirmed For Holland's WALDROCK Festival

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have been confirmed for the Waldrock festival, set to take place July 7 in Burgum (Bergum),in the northern region of The Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED CELTIC FROST DROPKICK MURPHYS GOREROTTED LABERINTO M.A.N MARDUK MESHUGGAH MOONS...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist ALEX SKOLNICK To Guest On 'Maximum Threshold'

Guitarist Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO) will guest on the "Maximum Threshold" show on Monday, June 4 at 8:00 p.m. EST. "Maximum Threshold" is an Internet radio show dedicated to presenting up-and-coming hard rock bands and successful bands as well as intervi...