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BLEEDING THROUGH: 'Kill To Believe' Video Posted Online
BLEEDING THROUGH's video for the track "Kill to Believe" has been posted online. Check it out (choose speed based on your connection): Low, Medium, High. The clip was shot earlier in the month with director Zach Merck (LACUNA COIL, CONVERGE). BLEEDING THROUGH frontman Brandon Schieppati had previous...January 17, 2006
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BEECHER Call It Quits
Manchester, U.K.-based hardcore/metal combo BEECHER have split up. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "So, this is it. After almost five long years of putting everything we have into this band, it has finally brought itself to an end. For the whole time we've put all our...January 10, 2006
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Breathe Fire
That drummer Joe of Chicago's RAISE THE RED LANTERN (RTRL) took over a house serving as residence for squatters and needle riders by writing a false eviction notice and turning it into band HQ and underground event venue makes sense when one hears the unhinged, post-hardcore-ish sounds of "Breathe F...January 9, 2006
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BLEEDING THROUGH Lay Down BLACK FLAG, UNBROKEN Covers
MTV.com is reporting that BLEEDING THROUGH were back in a recording studio last week tracking four new tunes, including covers of BLACK FLAG's "My War" (which will appear on the "Black on Black" tribute due March 14),and UNBROKEN's "Proverb" (which will more than likely turn up in a video game or o...December 9, 2005
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'New Wave Of American Heavy Metal' Book Documents Over 600 Bands
Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector has just published "New Wave of American Heavy Metal", a 376-page book with over 90 photos, featuring over 600 U.S. and Canadian alternative metal, emocore, hardcore, math metal, metal, metalcore, neo-thrash and screamo bands. In the mid-'90s, in the wake of grunge...November 30, 2005
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Blurred (1999-2004)
You could say I've got an advantage in reviewing this collection of rare and previously unreleased tracks. Since I've not heard any other albums by California's UPHILL BATTLE, one could say my opinion going in is relatively untainted. That's not to say I've not read a few reviews of "Wreck of Nerves...October 31, 2005
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HATEBREED To Debut Two New Tracks On Upcoming Tour
HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta recently spoke to MTV.com about his two side projects — ICEPICK, with CROWN OF THORNZ and SKARHEAD frontman Lord Ezec; and KINGDOM OF SORROW, known formerly as CROWBREED, with CROWBAR singer/guitarist Kirk Windstein. "I had to get these two other records out of my syst...October 7, 2005
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A Disgusted KISS ARMY Puts ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME On Notice
In response to the announcement of the finalists for this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions, fans of rock group KISS have issued a warning to the Hall: "We're sending in our forces." Known as the KISS Army, fans of the make-up wearing, blood-spitting icons say they are tired of the lack...September 29, 2005
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TERROR To Embark On Canadian 'Aggressive Tendencies' Tour
Los Angeles hardcore soldiers TERROR will bring their old-school assault to Canada and across the U.S. this fall. The band will be part of Canadian "Aggressive Tendencies" tour with chaos-core pioneers CONVERGE and politico-crust giants CURSED. The tour will be sponsored by Exclaim, Canada's leading...September 21, 2005
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Germany's THE OCEAN Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS
Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of THE OCEAN from Berlin, Germany. According to a press release, THE OCEAN is "a phenomenal, very unique band that features influences from various styles of hard and also more mellow music. They are famous for their hardcore eruptions as well as their f...September 20, 2005
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TERROR And THE BANNER To Team Up For Short Tour
TERROR, Los Angeles' greatest export to the hardcore scene, and THE BANNER, horror-core heroes from New Jersey, are doing a week's worth of dates together in October. For TERROR, this will be a continuation of a great year of tours which has included the Sounds of the Underground tour with LAMB OF G...September 9, 2005
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BEECHER: 'Function! Function!' Video Available Online
Manchester, U.K.-based hardcore/metal combo BEECHER have completed work on their new video, "Function! Function!", taken from their forthcoming opus, "This Elegy, His Autopsy". Shot by respected director and independent filmmaker Adam Mason, the clip is a whirlwind of activity, with the band perform...September 8, 2005
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THE OCEAN/BURST Split 7" Single Due In October
Garden of Exile Records has announced plans to release a limited-edition split seven-inch single from THE OCEAN and BURST. This will be a limited release on colored vinyl only. Artwork will be provided by Seldon Hunt (known for his work for ISIS, NEUROSIS and PELICAN) and will consist of a fold-out...September 8, 2005
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Black Thunder
DOOMRIDERS is a project consisting of Nate Newton (CONVERGE, OLD MAN GLOOM),Jebb Riley (THERE WERE WIRES, DISAPPEARER),Chris Pupecki (CAST IRON HIKE),and Chris Bevalaqua (HALLRAKER). You're probably thinking to yourself, "just what we need, a hardcore/noisecore super group". Well, guess again bec...September 6, 2005
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The Sirens of Silence
How exactly does a band follow up an earthquake of an album like "When White Becomes Black", a disc that is equal parts MASTODON girth, KEELHAUL pugilism, and SWARM OF THE LOTUS' own style of split lip racket-core? You make an even better album…that's how! On "The Sirens of Silence", the band takes...July 25, 2005
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