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MUCOPUS Part Ways With Guitarist, Vow To Carry On

New York-based old-school death metallers MUCOPUS have amicably parted ways with guitarist and co-founder Ernie Rau. "It's been fun, but it's time to move on to new things," Rau said in a statement. Ernie and ORGAN HARVEST drummer Rob Nudo have started work on a new project entitled TENTACLES. MUCOP...

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ELVENKING: New Album Samples Available For Download

Audio samples of three tracks from ELVENKING's upcoming album, "The Winter Wake", have been posted online at the group's official web site. Check out the songs "The Wanderer", "The Winter Wake" and "Neverending Nights" at this location. The Italian folk/power metal band's third album, "The Winter Wa...

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WINDS To Begin Recording Their 'Most Progressive And Technically Challenging' Album

Norway’s progressive metal act WINDS — comprised of singer Lars Eric Si (KHOLD),guitarist Carl August Tidemann (ARCTURUS),keyboardist Andy Winter (AGE OF SILENCE) and Jan Axel Von Blomberg (ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) — will be entering the studio this week for continued work on their as-yet-untitled follow...

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VENOM Frontman On New Album: I Wanted To Re-Create What Original Band Was All About

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the subject of the detractors, fans who believe the only "real" VENOM includes Mantas and Abaddon: Cronos: "Look, VENOM has over the years had so m...

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DISSECTION Mainman Rejects Split Rumors

Mainman Jon Nödtveidt of the reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "A few words to all you out there, whom this might concern… As you all heard, the Rebirth is now over… Has the band split up? No. We are now heading into a ne...

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RIOT: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Veteran hard rockers RIOT have added two U.S. dates to their current itinerary. The group's schedule is shaping up as follows: Jan. 27 - Las Vegas, NV @ Tailspins Jan. 28 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas Mar. 17 - Palencia, SPA @ Carabel Mar. 18 - Bilbao, SPA @ Santana 27 Mar. ...

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IN FLAMES: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new IN FLAMES track, entitled "Take This Life", has been made available for download at this location (MP3, 4.14 MB). The song is the first single off the group's upcoming album, "Come Clarity", whch is scheduled for a February 7, 2006 North American release through Ferret Records. The CD wi...

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Report: Security At Clubs In Wake Of DIMEBAG Tragedy Still Far From Airtight

Aaron Beck and John Futty of The Columbus Dispatch have issued the following report: Fans in line for a heavy-metal concert at the Alrosa Villa last weekend knew what was coming. By the time they reached the door of the North Side club, they had opened purses or jackets — or both — ...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's Back Surgery 'Went Well'

Former PANTERA/current SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo's back surgery — which was originally slated for Nov. 8 and was then rescheduled for Nov. 21 — "went well," according to his SUPERJOINT bandmate Kevin Bond (guitar). Philip is expected to spend the next few months recuperating at his h...

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IN FLAMES: Final 'Come Clarity' Cover Artwork Posted Online

The cover artwork for the upcoming IN FLAMES album, "Come Clarity", has been posted online at InFlames.com. As previously reported, "Come Clarity" will include a free bonus DVD featuring the band performing the album in full in a rehearsal room, akin to what METALLICA did with initial versions of th...

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ELVENKING: New Album Cover Art, Track Listing Revealed

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING have finalized the track listing for their third album, "The Winter Wake", due on January 27, 2006 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Wyrd" was recorded at Sherpa Studios (Italy),mixed at Sonic Pump Studios by Nino Laurenne and was mastered at Finnvox...

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Mythological Occult Metal 1991-2001

Not a best-of, which North America in particular could really use, but rather a nicely-packaged odds-and-sods collection of rarities from this ever-mutating, currently on hiatus Texas underground horde. You'd have to be a big fan to begin with to shell out cash for a 99-minute excursion into underpr...

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ECLIPSE ETERNAL Putting Finishing Touches On Material For New Album

Canadian epic black metal band ECLIPSE ETERNAL have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are currently finishing off writing our new album and are intent on starting the recording process early in the next year. The date was previously earlier but with this album we are inten...

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DECEASED Announce New Album Title

Virginia's veteran '80s/death/thrash act DECEASED have posted the following message on their official web site: "We will be taking a break from playing live this winter to start writing songs for our next release, tentatively entitled 'Surreal Overdose'. Songtitles in the works are 'Skin Crawling Pr...

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THEATRE OF TRAGEDY Announce New Album Title

Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY have posted the following message on their official web site: "After months in the studio, the work on the new THEATRE OF TRAGEDY album is coming to an end. Producer Rico Darum has met up with mixmaster Greg Reely (PARADISE LOST, FEAR FACTORY, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, SKINNY...