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BLUDGEON To Release 'World Controlled' In June

Chicago's BLUDGEON — the first band to be signed to MANOWAR's Magic Circle Music — will release their sophomore album, "World Controlled", on June 27. BLUDGEON has earned several distinctions in their relatively young career. When MANOWAR bassist and Magic Circle Music founder Joey DeMaio discovered...

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UNEARTH: Another Studio Update Posted Online

UNEARTH have posted another studio update at MetalBlade.com. As previously reported, UNEARTH have set "III: In the Eyes of Fire" as the title of their new album, due on August 8 via Metal Blade Records. The CD is being recorded at a Seattle studio with producer Terry Date (PANTERA, DEFTONES). Commen...

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JUDAS PRIEST To Create Conceptual Album Based On Life Of NOSTRADAMUS

JUDAS PRIEST have announced that they are creating their first conceptual album based upon the life and predictions of Nostradamus. The CD will be theatrically staged and performed in its entirety as an epic musical by JUDAS PRIEST. JUDAS PRIEST made their only live appearance of 2006 at the Royal A...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have set "Karma.Bloody.Karma." as the title of their new album, tentatively due in June/July via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Billy Anderson (SWANS, MR. BUNGLE, SLEEP) and features guest appearances by Joey Karam (THE LOCUST) and John Wi...

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IN BATTLE Sign With NOCTURNAL ART PRODUCTIONS

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have inked a deal with Nocturnal Art Productions/Candlelight Records for the release of their fourth album, "Kingdom of Fear", tentatively due this fall. The follow-up to 2004's "Welcome to the Battlefield" (Cold/Metal Blade Records) will be recorded...

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HALLOWS EVE Sign With XTREEM MUSIC

Xtreem Music has announced the signing of the reunited Atlanta-based thrashers HALLOWS EVE. The band returned in 2005 with a self-financed fourth album, entitled "Evil Never Dies", which went unnoticed due to a lack of real promotion and distribution, so the band finally signed a deal with Xtreem Mu...

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PSYOPUS To Enter Studio In June

Rochester, NY-based tech grindcore/hardcore outfit PSYOPUS will enter Watchmen Studios in Lockport, NY on June 24 with producer Doug White to begin recording their next album for Metal Blade Records. Titled "Our Puzzling Encounters Considered", the CD will feature new drummer Jon Cole (a Boston nati...

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ULI JON ROTH Says 'Virgin Killer' Album Cover Makes Him Cringe

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCOPRIONS). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: You are basically introducing your Sky Academy to the United States. Uli: "At the end of May we are doing a se...

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Sterling Black Icon

I recall applauding Germany's FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING in a review of the band's Metal Blade debut (and sophomore release) "Skywards/Chapter II: A Sylphe's Ascension". In said review I acknowledged the band's unabashed love of the Swedish melodic death metal style, but still found the album to be fin...

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CALLENISH CIRCLE Frontman To Guest On New ENGINE OF PAIN Album

Vocalist Patrick Savelkoul of the Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE recorded a guest appearance on the new album from fellow Dutch thrashers ENGINE OF PAIN on Tuesday (March 28). Other guest musicians on the album include Dennis Schreurs (SEVERE TORTURE),Sander Gommans (AFTER FOREVER)...

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UNEARTH Announce New Album Title

UNEARTH have set "III: In the Eyes of Fire" as the title of their new album, due on August 8 via Metal Blade Records. The CD is being recorded at a Seattle studio with producer Terry Date (PANTERA, DEFTONES). Commented the band in a statement: "'III: In the Eyes of Fire' is our angriest, darkest, .....

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METAL BLADE Founder Talks About METALLICA's Early Days

Australian Metclub chapter For Whom Metallica Tolls recently conducted an interview with Brian Slagel, founder of Metal Blade Records (the first record company to publish a METALLICA song). A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: FWMT: You have been a friend of Lars [Ulrich] for...

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LOSA Part Ways With METAL BLADE; Seek New Drummer, Guitarist

Bassist Joshua Urista of the Dallas-based metalcore outfit LOSA has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "For the first time in a very long time I actually have some juicy tid-bits to share. I wish I could say that the news was all good, but that would be a lie and ...

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STARWOOD Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Los Angeles-based rock outfit STARWOOD, featuring members of the Eighties heavy metal band LIZZY BORDEN, are continuing work on their sophomore album, tentatively due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined label. The upcoming CD will be the follow-up to the group's debut album, "If It Ain't Br...

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AS I LAY DYING Set Release Date For Reissue Of Early Recordings

AS I LAY DYING will be re-releasing their first two recordings, previously out on Pluto Records, on May 16 via Metal Blade Records. The set will include both a re-recorded and the original version of the band's split CD with AMERICAN TRAGEDY (originally issued in 2002),plus their first album, "Bene...