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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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NEURAXIS Part Ways With Founding Member/Guitarist STEVEN HENRY

Montreal-based metal act NEURAXIS have announced the departure of founding member and guitarist Steven Henry. "NEURAXIS wish to express the split is due to both personal and musical differences," the band write in a statetement. "However we will still remain close friends. We wish Steven the best of...

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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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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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DREAM THEATER Cover DEEP PURPLE's 'Made In Japan' Album On Japanese Tour

In continuation of their tradition of covering a classic album in its entirety at any two-night stands in the same city, DREAM THEATER recently performed DEEP PURPLE's "Made in Japan" at two shows in Japan (January 13 in Tokyo and January 15 in Osaka). The track listing of this legendary live album...

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EXODUS Schedule Dates In Korea, Thailand

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have added dates in Korea and Thailand to their upcoming schedule. The group's irinerary is now shaping up as follows: w/ THE HAUNTED, NILE: Feb. 25 – Seoul, Korea @ Rolling Hall Feb. 28 – Osaka, JPN @ Big Cat Mar. 01 - Nagoya, JPN @ Club Quattro ...

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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...