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METAL BLADE RECORDS Owner Pays Tribute To VOIVOD's Fallen Guitarist
Metal Blade Records CEO/owner Brian Slagel has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "When I first heard the original VOIVOD demo and then their first album for us and their debut as well, 'War and Pain', I knew they would be a great band for...August 31, 2005
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CELLADOR Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS
Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of CELLADOR, a melodic speed/power metal band from Omaha, NE. Originally formed in summer 2004 by guitarist Chris Petersen, CELLADOR was founded with the purpose of introducing aggressive European-style melodic speed/power metal to the Midwest USA, where...August 30, 2005
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VOMITORY Drummer Building Home Studio
VOMITORY drummer Tobias Gustafsson is in the proces of bulding a home studio where the band hope to begin demoing new material shortly. VOMITORY recently recorded a cover of the song "Mass Appeal Madness" for the upcoming NAPALM DEATH tribute album on No Tolerance Records. The track was mixed by Hen...August 30, 2005
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ANGEL BLAKE Launch Studio Diary
ANGEL BLAKE, the new Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN guitarist Marko Tervonen and former TRANSPORT LEAGUE frontman Tony Jelencovich, have launched a studio diary at www.angelblake.com to follow the progress of the recording sessions for the group's debut album. Songtitles set to appear on th...August 30, 2005
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BOLT THROWER Singer Checks In From Recording Studio
BOLT THROWER singer Karl Willetts has posted the sixth installment of the group's studio report at their official web site. Check it out at BoltThrower.com. An excerpt from his report follows: "My introduction to the new songs came in the form of some demos Baz recorded at home earlier in the year,...August 30, 2005
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METAL BLADE RECORDS Pays Tribute To Late VOIVOD Guitarist
Andreas Reissnauer of the European office of Metal Blade Records has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "This morning we got to learn the devastating news that VOIVOD guitarist Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour passed away Friday night. "Another tragi...August 29, 2005
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GOD DETHRONED Explain HELL'S PLEASURE FEST Non-Appearance
Dutch death metallers GOD DETHRONED were forced to cancel their appearance at last weekend's Hell's Pleasure Fest in Germany. According to a posting on the group's web site, "First of all, Henke [Henk Zinger, bass] had to stay in Holland cause he had been in hospital after a tooth surgery and wasn't...August 28, 2005
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SACRED BLOOD, CROSSOVER Members Join Forces In ZION
Polydeykis (guitars, keyboards) from the Greek heavy/epic act SACRED BLOOD and Zion (vocals, bass) from the Greek blacksters CROSSOVER have joined forces in a new project called ZION. The band are curently working on their debut album, "Dracula", tentatively due mid-2006 through an as-yet-undetermin...August 25, 2005
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GWAR Frontman: 'METAL BLADE Get All My Respect And Love'
GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to clarify some of his comments made in a recent interview regarding the group's previous label, Metal Blade Records. In an chat with Blasting-Zone.com, portions of which were republished here on August 8, Brockie had...August 25, 2005
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SIX FEET UNDER: 'A Decade In The Grave' Box Set Details Revealed
Metal Blade Records has set a November 28 release date for the new SIX FEET UNDER box set, entitled "A Decade in the Grave". The package containing four CDs and one DVD will be released in a DVD-sized hardbox, including a 32-page DVD-sized booklet, photocards, a sticker, and a poster. "A Decade in t...August 25, 2005
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Drummer: 'We're One Of The Better Live Speed Metal Bands Out There'
Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with FLOTSAM AND JETSAM drummer Craig Nielsen. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: This ["Dreams of Death"] is your first new studio album since "My God" in 2001. Why such a long wait? Craig: "We lost our deal with Metal Blade. That...August 24, 2005
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The Unreal Never Lived
Oregon's YOB requires little in the way of an introduction. Doom folks "in the know" are well aware of the trio's already impressive body of work that includes "Elaborations of Carbon" (12th Records),"Catharsis" (Lunasound/Abstract Sounds),and the band's 2004 Metal Blade debut, "The Illusion of Mo...August 21, 2005
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Former THE CROWN Guitarist Launches Recording Studio
Former THE CROWN and current ANGEL BLAKE guitarist Marko Tervonen has launched a Swedish recording studio called Studio MT. The first project to be recorded in the studio, which is located 3 kilometers from Trollhättan, is the debut album from ANGEL BLAKE, the recordings for which are set to begin n...August 21, 2005
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BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH: I Pray For Members Of KORN Every Day
Former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch recently spoke to the Toledo Blade Religion Editor David Yonke about his spiritual conversion and departure from the multi-platinum nu-metal act. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his spiritual conversion in January: "I thought I had it all, everything...August 20, 2005
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LECHEROUS NOCTURNE Confirmed For CHICAGO METALFEST
LECHEROUS NOCTURNE, the Greenville, South Carolina-based extreme metal band featuring NILE guitarist Dallas Toler-Wade on drums, have been confirmed for the 2005 Chicago Metalfest. The two-day event will take place at the end of October, with LECHEROUS scheduled to perform on October 30. The band ha...August 18, 2005
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