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Cycle of Pain
As much as I enjoyed HAVOCHATE's "This Violent Earth" for its old-school OVERKILL/TESTAMENT crunch grooves and hardass heavy metal attitude, I still thought it was a good, not great album. About half the album crushed convincingly (especially the excellent title track) and half I found to be just av...March 9, 2005
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Classic TESTAMENT And LAAZ ROCKIT Band Lineups Confirmed For Holland's DYNAMO OPEN AIR Festival
Following ANTHRAX's example, both TESTAMENT and LAAZ ROCKIT have confirmed appearances at this year's Dynamo Open Air festival in their classic '80s lineups. TESTAMENT lead vocalist Chuck Billy and founding guitarist Eric Peterson will be joined by original guitar player Alex Skolnick and original b...March 8, 2005
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TESTAMENT: 25 Copies Of 'Tilburg' DVD To Include CHUCK BILLY Autograph
25 copies of the new TESTAMENT official "bootleg" DVD, "Live in Tilburg, The Netherlands – End of the No Mercy Festival", will be autographed by singer Chuck Billy and will be randomly mailed out to 25 of the first 100 people who order it. So if you order it now, you will have a 1-in-4 ...March 8, 2005
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Sweden's ETERNIA Change Name To DESTYNATION
Swedish heavy metal band ETERNIA have changed their name to DESTYNATION. "We have decided to change name because the fact that there are already several bands with similar names and also because we have progressed musically towards a sound that does not match the name ETERNIA and all that it stands...March 8, 2005
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Burn the Flags
I was prepared to toss this one into the metalcore overflow bin, even though the press quote states: "Expect influences that range from EXTOL to MESHUGGAH, OPETH to ENTOMBED, and BREACH to BURST." One should always take such grandiose statements with a grain of salt anyway. In the case of "Burn the...March 6, 2005
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CROWBAR's 'Dead Sun' Video To Debut On 'Headbanger's Ball'
CROWBAR's video for the track "Dead Sun" will debut on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" next Saturday, March 12, according to a posting on the group's official web site. As previously reported, the "Dead Sun" clip has been posted online at this location. "Dead Sun" (view video here) comes off the ...March 5, 2005
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LORD BELIAL Announce New Album Title
Sweden's LORD BELIAL have set "Nocturnal Beast" as the title of their new album, tentatively due before the end of the year through Regain Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Seal of Belial" will be recorded at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Los Angered Recording studios in Gothenburg, Swede...March 4, 2005
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DESTRUCTION: In Studio With Producer PETER TÄGTGREN
German thrashers DESTRUCTION have reportedly entered the studio with producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) to begin recording their new album, tentatively due on August 15 via AFM Records. DESTRUCTION's most recent album, "Metal Discharge", was released in September 2003 through Nuclear Blast Re...March 3, 2005
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EXMORTEM To Headline Finland's JALOMETALLI FESTIVAL
Danish death metallers EXMORTEM have been confirmed as the headliners of the first night of this year's Jalometalli Festival, a two-day event set to be held August 19-20 in Oulu, Finland (LORD BELIAL will headline the second night). The complete list of artists currently confirmed to appear at the f...March 3, 2005
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UNION: Live DVD Now Available
A UNION live DVD, entitled "Do Your Own Thing Live!" is now available for purchase via guitarist Bruce Kulick's (ex-KISS) web site. "Do Your Own Thing Live!" (view cover here) includes two UNION concerts: a full one from 2001 (just before UNION's trip to Argentina),and one for ESP guitars at MI fro...March 3, 2005
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DIMMU BORGIR, MONSTER MAGNET, SENTENCED Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Festival
DIMMU BORGIR, MONSTER MAGNET, SENTENCED, DESTRUCTION, PRIMAL FEAR, BAL-SAGOTH, LAKE OF TEARS and WINTERSUN are the latest bands confirmed for the eighth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to be held July 15-17 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. The 2005 festival will once again present...March 3, 2005
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SIRENIA: In Writing Mode
SIRENIA, the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland, have posted the following message on their official web site: "Lots of new material [is] in progress. The last couple of months have been spent on creating new songs alongside our touring activity....March 2, 2005
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VIRGIN STEELE, MOONSPELL, HYPOCRISY Confirmed For Finland's NUMMIROCK Festival
VIRGIN STEELE, MOONSPELL, HYPOCRISY and SONATA ARCTICA are among the bands confirmed for Finland's Nummirock festival, set to take place June 24-25 in Nummijärvi. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: VIRGIN STEELE MOONSPELL HYPOCRISY KOTITEOLLISUUS SONATA ARCTICA MOKOMA AJATTARA VIIKATE TE...March 2, 2005
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It's Official: PRO-PAIN Replace DEATH ANGEL On KREATOR Tour
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on February 17, Candlelight Records has now officially confirmed that PRO-PAIN have replaced DEATH ANGEL on the upcoming Enemy of God U.S. tour featuring KREATOR, VADER and THE AUTUMN OFFERING. The tour, beginning April 3 at New York's B.B. Kings, follows the band'...March 2, 2005
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TESTAMENT: 2003 'Bootleg' DVD Featuring BORKNAGAR Drummer Now Available
San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT are currently offering a new "bootleg" in DVD format for sale in the "Merch" section of the group's official web site. "Live in Tilburg, The Netherlands – End of the No Mercy Festival" was filmed by Walter Morgan of Deadly Embrace Productions in Tilburg, Th...March 1, 2005
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