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Embrace the Fall

Chicago's HURTLOCKER hit the scene in a big way with 2006's Napalm debut, "Fear in a Handful of Dust", an unrelenting and frighteningly vicious slab of modern thrash. That balls-out style is continued on "Embrace the Fall", this time with better songwriting and a wider array of riffs and more arrang...

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BONDED BY BLOOD To Make UK Radio Debut This Weekend

Los Angeles thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD are set to make their debut on UK station Total Rock this Saturday (September 15) between 9:00 a.m. and 12 noon UK time. Vocalist Aladdin will be interviewed live on the "Breakfast at Talita's" show, and fans can e-mail their own questions in to the studio live...

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MEGADETH Mainman DAVE MUSTAINE: My Best Work Is Ahead Of Me

Author/journalist Joel McIver recently interviewed MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine, who is promoting the new "Warchest" box set, for Record Collector magazine. Excerpts from the chat follow: Q: How pivotal was the 1990 Clash Of The Titans tour for MEGADETH's career? Mustaine: "Very. I look back with great...

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APOCALYPTICA: More 'Worlds Collide' Release Dates Announced

APOCALYPTICA's new album "Worlds Collide", which was released today (Septemebr 14) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, will be issued on the following dates in other parts of the world: Sep. 17 - Rest of continental Europe (inc. UK),Mexico, Australia Sep. 19 - Scandinavia, Russia Sep. 26 - Japan S...

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Pittsburgh Thrashers MELTDOWN Release Full-Length Debut

Pittsburgh thrashers MELTDOWN have just released their debut album, "Executioner". Starting in mid-2004, MELTDOWN's sturdy foundations were formed by a group of wayward teenagers. A developing aggression for brainwashed peers met by a growing passion for heavy metal brought the band together. The Eu...

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EXTREMA: Back Catalog To Be Reissued In November

Legendary Italian metal band EXTREMA will have its entire back catalog — the legendary debut "Tension at the Seams" (1992),"The Positive Pressure" (1995),"Better Mad than Dead" (2001) and "Set the World on Fire" (2005) — reissued in November via Scarlet Records. Each CD will include "plenty of bon...

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'Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal': Five September Screenings Announced

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — have announced five additional screenings of the award-winning documentary — Thursday, September 13 and Saturday, Sept...

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APOCALYPTICA: 'Worlds Collide' Deluxe Edition Detailed

Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA will release their new album, "Worlds Collide", in Europe on September 14. The CD will be made available in standard and "deluxe" versions, the latter of which is described as "truly a work of art both in its artwork and its content." The "deluxe" edition contains...

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USURPER Founder Explains Decision To Call It Quits

Guitarist/founder Rick Scythe of Chicago's USURPER has issued the following statement regarding the band's decision to split up: "As some of you may have heard, the band I formed over 13 years ago is now over. I wrote nearly all the music and most of the lyrics. I came up with the lyrical and artwor...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH Signs With KOCH RECORDS

Koch Records has announced the signing of the Knoxville, Tennesseee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH. The band is signed under the newly created Raging Nation Records imprint. The group will enter the studio this fall to record a new album for a 2008 release. STRAIGHT LIN...

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SPEED\KILL/HATE Begins Rehearsing With New Bassist

Old-school thrashers SPEED\KILL/HATE, featuring OVERKILL guitarist Dave Linsk, have issued the following update: "We have begun rehearsals with new bassist Dave Bizzigotti ... what a great player. Bob [Barnack, vocals] just sounds unbelieveable, and Tony [Ochoa, drums) is insane. SPEED/KILL\HATE has...

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DALLAS STARS Right-Winger Attends SLAYER Show In Dallas; Report, Photos Available

Finnish hockey player and self-proclaimed huge heavy metal fan Jere Lehtinen of the Dallas Stars recently attended a SLAYER concert in Dallas and wrote a piece about it for the NHL.com web site. An excerpt from the article follows: "As you know, I am a hockey player and not a writer so bear with me...

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APOCALYPTICA: New Album Listening Session Available

Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA have issued the following update: "Today sees the start on MySpace of an exclusive pre-listening session for the new APOCALYPTICA album, 'Worlds Collide', up for release on September 14th! "In the Orkus magazine advance listening test, the album has shot straight...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM To Enter Studio In October

According to a posting on the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes Of Bodom, bassist Henkka T. Blacksmith has revealed that the band has finished writing seven new songs and will enter the studio the second week of October to begin recording the new CD. The plan is to record nine songs for ...

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BONDED BY BLOOD Signs With EARACHE RECORDS

Earache Records has announced the signing of BONDED BY BLOOD. Hailing from Los Angeles, this five-piece, with an average age of only 18, is here to show the world how it sees the path of new-school thrash metal. With virtuoso-like guitar playing courtesy of Alex Lee and a blazing drum assault, BONDE...