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KREATOR Frontman: Downloading 'Helps The Music To Become More Popular'

Simon Milburn of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's 20-plus-year career: "Oh, man, to be honest, it doesn't really feel like that long. To me, it's been going from one album to the...

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IMMORTAL Frontman's I Project: World Premiere Scheduled For Tonight

Norwegian rock/metal show "Pyro" will present an exclusive world premiere of a track from I, the new band featuring former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath (real name: Olve Eikemo),original IMMORTAL drummer Armagedda, ENSLAVED guitarist Arve Isdal and GORGOROTH bassist King ov Hell. The song "The Storm I R...

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BLOODSIMPLE To Work With Producer MACHINE On Upcoming CD

BLOODSIMPLE vocalist Tim Williams (ex-VISION OF DISORDER) has issued the following update: "I'm just shaking off some insanity from a VOD weekend [of reunion shows]. The down time off the road has been good. Summer in the city never felt so good. We've been hitting the studio daily. Last week was ac...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Will Not Play Michigan's DIRT FEST

Despite the promoters' announcement to the contrary, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN will **NOT** be performing at the Dirt Fest 2006, set to take place August 19 in Birch Run, Michigan. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "There has been a lot of confusion as to whether or not...

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Former SAVATAGE Frontman, Ex-PRIMAL FEAR Drummer Guest On New SAIDIAN Album

Former SAVATAGE/current JON OLIVA'S PAIN frontman Jon Oliva and SINNER/ex-PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling make guest appearances on the sophomore album from the South German melodic metal outfit SAIDIAN, entitled "Phoenix". Due on September 29 via Metal Heaven, the disc was once again produced by...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN Can't Wait To Hit The Road Again

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, has issued the following update: "Just wanted to drop a quick line and let everyone know that the band has returned to U.S. soil [from its recent European tour]... and frankly, we cannot wait to leave again. "The fans and promoters tre...

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ONSLAUGHT: 'Terror Alert' Forces Cancellation of European Festival Appearances

Reformed classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has been forced to pull out of two European festivals this weekend due to the 'critical level terror alerts" which brought airports across the U.K. to a standstill. The band was due to headline Metal Mania Open Air Festival in Slovenia on Friday, August...

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BRUTAL TRUTH: 'Animal Kingdom' / 'Kill Trend Suicide' Reissue To Include Bonus Video Footage

Relapse Records has set an October 17 release date for the reissue of the post-Earache material from influential '90s extreme metallers BRUTAL TRUTH, "Sounds of the Animal Kingdom" (1997) and the preceding "Kill Trend Suicide" mini-CD (1996). According to a posting on the Relapse web site, "'Sounds....

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EMBRAZE: New Album Samples Available

Finnish band EMBRAZE has a posted a new MP3 file containing audio samples of tracks that will appear on its fourth album, "The Last Embrace", due on August 16. Download it at this location. According to a posting on EMBRAZE's web site, the new material "sounds heavier, but also more melodic than eve...

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EPHEL DUATH: U.K. Tour Dates Announced

Eccentric jazz-metallers EPHEL DUATH will once again be heading over to the U.K. in October to confound audiences with their self-styled "intentional discomfort." The band will be playing a series of shows in support of their most recent album, "Pain Necessary To Know", following on from the Damnati...

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KING'S X Guitarist Prepares To Release Third Solo Album

KING'S X guitarist Ty Tabor will release his third solo album, "Rock Garden", through Inside Out Music on August 29. As part of the Texan power trio KING'S X, singer/guitarist Ty Tabor has enjoyed a career that has reeled in both critical and consumer praise for the better part of three decades. A p...

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DIAL Featuring Former PAIN OF SALVATION, ELEGY Members: Debut Album Completed

DIAL is a brand new Dutch/Swedish alternative rock group, formed by the musicians Liselotte Hegt, Kristoffer Gildenlöw (ex-PAIN OF SALVATION) and Rommert van der Meer. After hooking up with drummer Dirk Bruinenberg (ELEGY, PATRICK RONDAT) and producer Devon Graves (DEADSOUL TRIBE, ex-PSYCHOTIC WALTZ...

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BODY COUNT Schedules Long Island Signing Sesion

BODY COUNT, the metal band fronted by legendary rapper Ice-T, will be taking part in an autograph signing Looney Tunes CD store in West Babylon, New York this evening (Monday, August 7) at 7:00 p.m. The details are as follows: Looney Tunes CD STore 31 Brookvale Ave. West Babylon, NY 11704 (631) 587-...

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Good Times…Bad Blood

Troy, New York's LAST CALL formed a decade ago and until receiving the new full-length, "Good Times…Bad Blood", I'd never read or heard a single thing about the band. Though I can't say that missing out on the group's development these past 10 years has scarred me deeply, I can comfortably recommend...

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DARKSIDE To Support MORBID ANGEL In Austria

Austrian death metal band DARKSIDE will support MORBID ANGEL at Planet Music in Vienna, Austria on Monday, August 14, 2006. DARKSIDE recently completed work on its fifth album, "Amber - Skeletal Journeys Through the Void", and is now looking for a label to release it. A track from the CD, "Suite in...