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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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Man of Straw

With this, their second release, the Lost and Found label is quickly becoming a benchmark for how these limited reissues should be done. The second effort from Los Angeles cult favorites VIKING is the latest album to come down off the high-priced eBay auction block, available again for all who misse...

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WINDS: New Album Update

WINDS keyboardist Andy Winter has offered the following update on the recording process for the band's fourth effort: "It has been a nice relaxing summer for all of us in WINDS, but we are now ready to pick up and finally complete this thing we have been working on for so long. The status at ...

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SEVEN WITCHES: 'Years Of The Witch' DVD To Arrive Next Month

SEVEN WITCHES, the East Coast-based band featuring former SAVATAGE guitarist Jack Frost and ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio, will release its first-ever DVD, "Years of the Witch", on September 26 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. Led by Frost, SEVEN WITCHES is one of the most consistent heavy metal ban...

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ANAL BLAST, NINETY MINUTE REFLEX To Headline TAMPA BAY GRINDCORE MASSACRE

Minnesota's ANAL BLAST, which is currently on the Bloody Holes of Summer tour, will hit Florida as part of the Tampa Bay Grindcore Massacre, set to take place August 19 at Tampa Bay's Legendary Brass Mug. The event, co-headlined by Florida's NINETY MINUTE REFLEX (full-length album due out winter 200...

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FIREBALL MINISTRY Frontman To 'Marry' BAM MARGERA

Today's Philadelphia Inquirer reports that when skateboard star and MTV personality Bam Margera marries his fiancée Missy Rothstein this winter, the ceremony will be conducted by FIREBALL MINISTRY frontman James A. Rota. An ordained minister, Rota is a longtime friend of Margera; his band was hand-p...

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CHROME DIVISION's 'Doomsday Rock 'N Roll' Enters Norwegian Chart At No. 31

CHROME DIVISION, the Norwegian five-piece featuring DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath (a.k.a. Stian Thoresen) on guitar, entered the album chart in their home country at position No. 31 with their debut full-length CD, "Doomsday Rock 'N Roll". View the whole chart at this location. "Doomsday Rock 'N Ro...

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STEEL ATTACK, DESTYNATION, AMETHYST Members Join Forces In PLANET STORM

PLANET STORM is the name of a brand-new project formed by the guitar duo of Ronny Blylod (DESTYNATION) and Johannes Forsberg (AMETHYST). Launched in June 2006, the project is said to be "a progressive and neo-classical band wich will be fronted by two vocalists." So far, only one singer's identity h...

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THE SWORD Completes Work On New Music Video

THE SWORD has completed work on the second music video from its critically acclaimed album "Age of Winters". The video, for the hard-hitting track "Freya", was shot in Hollywood, CA with director Barnaby Roper. A still shot from the video, which is expected to make its world network premiere(s) shor...

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Christ Illusion

Everyone's known it for years: while SLAYER is widely considered one of the greatest live metal acts of all time, the band has not made an equally great album since 1990's "Seasons in the Abyss". That record brought together the speed and fury of "Reign in Blood" (1986) with the experimental nature...

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From The Sun, The Rain, The Wind, The Soil

Give credit where credit is due. On "From the Sun, The Rain, The Wind, The Soil", the New York based MAHAVATAR have their own thing going on and seem to care little for accepted conventions of rock and metal, yet their approach is not maddeningly esoteric. The album was originally released only in E...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER: Another New Song Posted Online

German metal band DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER has posted the title track of its upcoming album, "Riders on the Storm", at www.myspace.com/reitermania. Also available at the same location is the band's cover version of the JOHNNY CASH/BLUES BROTHERS classic "Ghostriders in the Sky". "Riders on the Sto...

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VIKING: "Man Of Straw' Reissue Detailed

Lost and Found Records USA has announced official licensed CD reissue of the extremely rare speed/thrash metal classic, VIKING's "Man of Straw". Originally released in 1989 on Metal Blade Records, this fully licensed CD release was fully remastered, and contains rare and never-before-heard bonus tra...

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CARMINE APPICE's 'Ultimate Guitar Zeus' Receives Official Release

Escapi Records has announces the official release of the long-awaited underground classic, "Ultimate Guitar Zeus", created, produced and co-written by drummer Carmine Appice. The CD features performances by 14 of the world's greatest guitar players, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian May of QUEEN, St...

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AUDIOSLAVE Bassist Says Recording New Album Was A 'Revelation'

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE began recording its upcoming third album, "Revelations", almost as soon as it came off the road last winter after touring behind 2005's "Out of Exile". Bassist Tim Commerford told Launch he was initially uncertain about heading into the studio so quickly, bu...