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ARES Signs With DARK HARVEST RECORDS

Largo, Florida-based death/thrash metal band ARES has inked a deal with Dark Harvest Records. According to a press release, "ARES is everything that a metal band should be. Young, fast, and brutal. Drawing on strong roots buried deep in early thrash metal and incorporating every facet of the genre,...

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Former EXODUS Singer To Discuss 'Get Thrashed' Documentary On 'Metal Zone'

Former EXODUS/current TENET singer Steve "Zetro" Souza and thrash historian Walter Morgan — who contributed much of the footage seen in "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music s...

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MACHINE HEAD's 'The Blackening' 2CD & DVD 2008 Special Edition Detailed

The UK branch of Roadrunner Records has set an October 27 release date for MACHINE HEAD's "The Blackening" (2CD & DVD 2008 Special Edition). The complete track listing is as follows: "The Blackening": 01. Clenching The Fists of Dissent 02. Beautiful Mourning 03. Aesthetics Of Hate 04. Now I Lay...

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AMON AMARTH: Swedish Signing Sessions, CD-Release Party Announced

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have scheduled the following in-store signing sessions, as well as a CD-release party in Stockholm, for their new album, "Twilight Of The Thunder God": Sep. 18 - Club Distorsion (Pub Anchor) - Stockholm, Sweden (Release Party) Sep. 19 - Bengans - Stockholm, Sweden (Sign...

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GODHEAD: New Album Track Listing Revealed

GODHEAD — Jason C. Miller (vocals, guitars),Michael Miller (guitars),Ullrich Hepperlin (bass, programming) and Ty Smith (drums) — is set to release its sixth studio album, "At The Edge Of The World", on October 7 on Driven Music Group (distribution by Ryko/Warner Music Group),the label owned by e...

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FORBIDDEN To Be Rejoined By Drummer PAUL BOSTAPH For San Francisco Gig

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers FORBIDDEN have issued the following update: "We want to let everyone know that Paul Bostaph [drums; TESTAMENT, SLAYER, EXODUS] will be back on stage with us to jam a couple songs this Friday (September 12) at Slim's in San Francisco. It'll be the the firs...

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DRAGONSLAYER: '80s Recordings To Be Released On CD

This long-forgotten band DRAGONSLAYER, from the classic NWOBHM scene, will have its music released on a special CD reissue from Shadow Kingdom Records in October. Shadow Kingdom has assembled and made available together for the first time ever the band's three-song 7", as well as demo material from...

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XXV

It is rare that I'm enamored with a re-recording effort, as the results are often stale, the magic of the original recordings — no matter how devoid of modern studio polish — lost in the mix. The re-recordings of classics by the likes of TESTAMENT and DESTRUCTION surely have their moments, but the e...

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State of Insurgency

Based on the gripping Ed Repka cover art, you can probably guess that HEXEN's "State of Insurgency" is another in an ever-growing catalogue of recent old school thrash albums. Hell, even the record label is called Old School Metal. The good news is that the Los Angeles act is one of the better ones...

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NILE: Prague Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of the South Carolina-based technical death metal band NILE performing on September 2, 2008 at Futurum in Prague, Czech Republic can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "Anachronoux"). NILE's fifth studio album, "Ithyphallic", came out on July 17, 2007 via Nuclea...

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Classical Violinist Performs Arrangement Of PANTERA's 'Cowboys From Hell'

Video footage of acclaimed classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine and cellist Mike Block performing Rachel's arrangement of "Cowboys From Hell" by PANTERA for a faculty concert at Mark O'Connor's Strings Conference in San Diego on July 31, 2008 can be viewed below. "I've been a big heavy metal fan s...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers To Guest On 'Friday Night Rocks'

Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will be the featured guests on Eddie Trunk's "Frida...

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WARBRINGER Checks In From The Road

Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER have issued the following update: "So we're back in North America touring the U.S. and Canada with FINNTROLL. It was quite a rush as we flew directly in from Amsterdam (as Holland was our last European show with SWORN ENEMY/ALL SHALL PERISH) into Philadelphia and had...

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SIX FEET UNDER Announces Florida Show

Florida death metallers SIX FEET UNDER will perform at Gasoline Alley in Largo, Florida on October 31. This will be the band's only U.S. appearance of 2008. As previously reported, SIX FEET UNDER has set "Death Rituals" as the title of its new album, due on November 11 via Metal Blade Records. The b...

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AMON AMARTH: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Twilight Of The Thunder God' Video Shoot Available

Behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot for the title track off AMON AMARTH's new album, "Twilight of the Thunder God", can be viewed below. The clip filmed on the old Viking site, Jomsborg, home of the Jomsvikings in Wolin, Poland, with the Polish team Group 13 and director Dariusz Szermanow...