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TORTURE KILLER Featuring CHRIS BARNES: New Song Posted Online

A brand-new TORTURE KILLER track, entitled "Multiple Counts of Murder", has been posted online at this location. The song comes off the the Finnish/American death metallers' new album, "Swarm!", due in Europe on February 27 via Metal Blade Records. TORTURE KILLER, now featuring SIX FEET UNDER/ex-CAN...

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LECHEROUS NOCTURNE Sign With DEEPSEND RECORDS

Deepsend Records has announced the signing of LECHEROUS NOCTURNE, the Greenville, South Carolina-based extreme metal band featuring NILE guitarist Dallas Toler-Wade on drums. The band are currently playing live shows throughout the East Coast and finishing the recording process for their debut full-...

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FALCONER Prepare To Enter Studio

Swedish epic/power metallers FALCONER are preparing to enter the studio to begin recording their new album — their first since the departure of singer Kristoffer Göbel and return of Mathias Blad. Commented the band: "The first rehearsal has just taken place with the complete new line-up. Finally we...

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ANGEL BLAKE: U.S. Release Date Set For Debut Album

Metal Blade Records has set an April 4 U.S. release date for the self-titled debut album from ANGEL BLAKE, the new Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN guitarist Marko Tervonen and former TRANSPORT LEAGUE/current MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich. The CD, which will arrive in Europe on March 10, w...

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New York's 3 To Be Joined By COHEED & CAMBRIA Drummer For Japanese Festival Appearance

Woodstock, NY-based post-metal band 3 will be joined by COHEED & CAMBRIA drummer Josh Eppard for their appearance at the the Independence-D Festival in Tokyo, Japan because the group's regular skinsman, Chris Gartmann, is unable to make the trip (reportedly "because of an unavoidable family comm...

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LUPARA Sign With CRASH MUSIC INC.

Crash Music, Inc. has announced the signing of LUPARA, the Chicago-land extreme metal band formed by ex-BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner. LUPARA was formed in the summer of 2003 by Wagner. Jeremy, best known as the founder and chief-songwriter/lyricist and rhythm guitarist for BROKEN HOPE, decide...

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FOREVER WILL BURN Debut To Be Produced By UNEARTH's KEN SUSI

South African metal band FOREVER WILL BURN have tapped Ken Susi from UNEARTH (Metal Blade Records) and Derek Kerswill from SEEMLESS (Equal Vision Records) to produce their debut album, tentatively due later in the year via Witchdoctor Records. "After all the tracks are recorded, it will be sent to t...

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Anaclasis: A Haunting Gospel of Malice & Hatred

HATE has always been overshadowed by Polish brethren VADER, BEHEMOTH, and DECAPITATED, especially in the States. Some of that I would assume had to do with labels that lacked the promotion muscle of a Metal Blade, Century Media, or Earache. Signing to a hard-working label like France's Listenable an...

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MY DARKEST HATE: New Album Artwork Posted Online

MY DARKEST HATE, the German death metal band featuring former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling and members of SACRED STEEL, have uploaded the cover artwork for their fourth album, "Combat Area", at this location (artwork by Ahmet Meran Karanitant). "Combat Area" is scheduled for release on March 2...

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BLOODSHED To Record New Album In March

Swedish death/black metallers BLOODSHED will enter Necromorbus studio on March 27 with producer Vidar Widgren to record a new full-length album, entitled "Stale Cold Cell Recital". 10 songs will be recorded for the follow-up to the "Blade Eleventh" mini-CD, which was released last year via Cursed Di...

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YOB Call It Quits

Eugene, Oregon-based doom metal band YOB have called it quits. An official statement from the group's founding member Mike Scheidt reads as follows: "I regret to say that YOB is disbanding after almost 10 years of existence. The time we spent with YOB exceeded our wildest expectations and hopes and...

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PHOENIX MOURNING Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has officially inked a worldwide deal with the Tampa, FL screamo/metalcore act PHOENIX MOURNING. The band's first release for Metal Blade, "When Excuses Become Antiques", will also mark the group's first full-length CD since forming in the summer of 2004. "When Excuses Become Ant...

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CELLADOR: Album Title Revealed

Nebraska-based extreme power metallers CELLADOR has issued the following update regarding the progress of the recording sessions for their debut album: "We are back in Omaha after our three-week trip to Tampa, FL for the recording of our Metal Blade debut album at Mana Studios under producer Erik Ru...

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DEMIRICOUS Announce New Drummer

Indianapolis-based death/thrash metal band DEMIRICOUS have announced the addition of touring drummer Mike Rafferty to the group's ranks. "This will be a trial before making him the permanent band member," reads an official press release. "He has previously drummed for GOD BELOW and BRAND NEW SIN. He...

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GRIND YOUR FACE OFF Festival Looking For Bands

The organizers of the Grind Your Face Off VI Festival, which is confirmed for June 22 in Mandan, North Dakota, are looking to fill 25 spots on the bill with interested touring bands, tour packages, regional bands or local acts. Described as the largest festival in North Dakota featuring grind/metal/...