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SCARIOT To Begin Mixing New Album In February

SCARIOT mainman Død (a.k.a. Daniel Olaisen; BLOOD RED THRONE) has posted the following update on the recording sessions for the group's new album: "Within a couple of weeks, Lars Nordberg and Steinar Gundersen from SPIRAL ARCHITECT will do the bass and guitar solos on the cover song that will appear...

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SANGRE ETERNA To Open For RIGOR MORTIS In San Francisco

SANGRE ETERNA, the new Oakland, California–based metal band featuring drummer Chris Kontos (ex-MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT, ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT, VERBAL ABUSE) and bassist Sean Smithson (SACRILEGE BC, GRINCH, THE UNCALLED FOUR),will be supporting reunited Texas thrashers RIGOR MORTIS on Monday, January...

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VIRGIN STEELE: New Audio Interview With DAVID DEFEIS Posted Online

A 30-minute audio interview with VIRGIN STEELE frontman David DeFeis, conducted earlier in the month by MetalCovenant.com, has been made available for download at this location (MP3, 4.3 MB). VIRGIN STEELE are about to begin mixing the long-awaited followup to 2002's "Book of Burning", tentatively d...

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CARPATHIAN FOREST Will NOT Play Poland's METALMANIA 2006 Festival Either

Yet another band has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to inform us that they will **NOT** perform at Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival (scheduled to take place March 4, 2006 at Spodek in Katowice),despite the festival organizers' announcement to the contrary. Guitarist Tchort (a.k.a. Terje Vik Schei) of...

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TESTAMENT Will NOT Headline Poland's METALMANIA 2006 Festival

Despite an announcement to the contrary by the organizers of Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival, San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have **NOT** been confirmed to headline next year's event, which is scheduled to take place March 4, 2006 at Spodek in Katowice. TESTAMENT's booking agent, Tammy...

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Organizers Of METALMANIA 2006 Festival Looking For Side-Stage Bands

The organizers of Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival are offering a chance to Polish and foreign bands to perform on the festival's side stage. To apply, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected]. The deadline for all applications is January 11, 2006 at n...

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Reunited LAAZ ROCKIT Launch Official Web Site

Reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers LAAZ ROCKIT have launched their official web site at www.laazrockit.com. Coming soon from the band is a new home video featuring footage from the group's 2005 reunion tour, including material from the Dynamo Open Air festival and Effenaar club in Holland, th...

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Veteran Metal Producer ANDY SNEAP Reflects On Past Year

British producer extraordinaire (and former SABBAT guitarist) Andy "I Pissed On Colin Richardson's Hotel Room Desk" Sneap has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, it's come to the end of the year and 2005 has been nothing but a blast. Great fun, good times and some killer al...

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HYPOCRISY Confirmed For Spain's ATARFE VEGA ROCK Festival

Sweden's HYPOCRISY have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Atarfe Vega Rock festival, set to take place March 10-11, 2006 at Nave Medina Elvira in Atarfe, Granada, Spain. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BEHEMOTH BRAINSTORM CREMATORY GAMMA RAY HYP...

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EXODUS To Support THE HAUNTED In Australia

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS will support Sweden's THE HAUNTED on their upcoming tour of Australia. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 05 - Perth, AUS @ Heat Mar. 06 - Melbourne, AUS @ Hifi Bar Mar. 07 - Sydney, AUS @ The Forum Mar. 08 - Brisbane, AUS @ The Arena EXODUS ...

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HATESPHERE Announce Danish/Swedish Tour Dates, Prepare To Shoot New Video

Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have lined up the following dates in Denmark and Sweden during February: Feb. 02 - Hollywood Hardrock - Fredericia, DEN Feb. 03 - Pitstop - Kolding, DEN (w/ DAWN OF DEMISE) Feb. 04 - Bygningen - Køge, DEN (w/ BLOW, KODE) Feb. 09 - Von Hatten - Randers, DEN (w/ DAWN OF ...

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Seeds of Pain

Am I the only one who had not heard of this French band until now? Take a good bit of NEVERMORE's heavy-thrash-meets-traditional-metal (especially those chunky riffs),color with some QUEENSRŸCHE, throw in a tiny bit of TESTAMENT, and you will have a strong sense of what you're getting into with "Se...

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FEAR FACTORY Drummer To Hold Signing Sessions At NAMM

FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera will be doing autograph signings in the Zildjian booth on Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22 at the NAMM convention in Anaheim, California. The details are as follows: Company: Avedis Zildjian Company Booth: 2940 Location: Hall D www.zildjian.com/EN-US/h...

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THROWDOWN Announce Headlining Tour With THE RED CHORD, STILL REMAINS

Orange County, CA-based band THROWDOWN have justed wrapped up a U.K. tour with ARCH ENEMY. "U.K. fans are just as loyal as they are open to new music," commented singer Dave Peters. "We had dudes in TESTAMENT and THE HAUNTED shirts praising us after our set which was even cooler than it was strange....

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Enter Studio In January

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has posted the following message on his official web site: "We are are about to enter the studio after January 1 to record the new CD! We have over 25 songs demoed and we will be picking a producer [as soon as possible]. The CD is set to be ...