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CHTHONIC Members Featured On 'Free Tibet' Billboard In Taipei
Earlier this year, the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said he would love to visit Taiwan anytime when meeting with Freddy Lim, lead vocalist of Taiwanese heavy metal band CHTHONIC. It caught many people's attention when a billboard with huge letters that read "Free Tibet" (see image below)...June 16, 2009
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IN VAIN's New Album Pushed Back To 2010
"Mantra", the sophomore album from Norwegian extreme metallers IN VAIN, has been delayed until early 2010. According to the band, "This has nothing to do with the quality of the music or disagreements, but due to the label restructuring their business. We cannot say anything more about the matter th...June 15, 2009
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CARCASS: Footage From WALDROCK Festival Posted Online
Reactivated British extreme metal legends CARCASS performed at this year's Waldrock festival on June 13, 2009 in Burgum, Netherlands. Watch fan-filmed video footage of the concert below (courtesy of "ErhanLiveMetal"). CARCASS' reunion lineup: Bill Steer (FIREBIRD) - Vocals, Guitar Jeff Walker (BRUJE...June 15, 2009
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Seven Chalices
"Seven Chalices" from Spain's TEITANBLOOD is evil incarnate. It is old school death metal that drowns the listener in the muck of AUTOPSY and frightens to the point of paralysis with its long sections of bone-chilling atmospherics and terrifying effects — not mere interludes either, but epic exercis...June 15, 2009
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Side Effects Expected
Germany continues to impress with its technical death metal scene, or at least succeeds at finally getting a worldwide level of notoriety for it. CENTAURUS-A are no newcomers to said scene, having formed in 2000, but only releasing three demos until this first full-length album, "Side Effects Expect...June 15, 2009
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Montreal Assault
"Deathcore" before it became a dirty word, Montreal's DESPISED ICON have precipitously risen toward the top of the shape-shifting extreme metal mountain. Hardcore-infused parts and grind flecks notwithstanding, the sextet is still more of a modern death metal band than anything else. One of the few...June 15, 2009
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RATT Begins Recording New Album
After months of pre-production, reactivated Los Angeles rockers RATT have just entered the studio to start recording their first studio release in 10 years. The CD is being produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, whose credits include PUDDLE OF MUDD, CHEVELLE, SALIVA, LIMP BIZKIT, ALTER BRIDGE and THR...June 12, 2009
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Taiwan's CHTHONIC Invents 'Unique' Metal Genre, Unveils New Look
After CHTHONIC's new promotional photo was posted on a number of web sites recently, the Taiwanese band's new look became the subject of much speculation. The inspiration for the new style comes from Taoist magic figures of folklore and the types of facial masks they wore, like "Kuan-Jiang-Shoe," wh...June 12, 2009
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SAMAEL Confirmed For Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST IV
Swiss extreme metallers SAMAEL have been confirmed for the Monterrey Metal Fest IV, set to take place Wednesday, September 16, 2009 (Mexican Independence Day holiday) at the Santa Lucia Arena in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CHILDREN OF BOD...June 12, 2009
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NEAERA's 'Omnicide' Lands On German Chart
"Omnicide - Creation Unleashed", the fourth album from the German extreme metal outfit NEAERA, has entered the Media Control chart in the band's home country at position at No. 51. The CD was recorded at the Rape Of Harmonies studio with producer Alexander Dietz. The artwork, which was once again cr...June 12, 2009
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BLACK WIDOW: Reunion Album Update
Classic U.K. progressive rockers BLACK WIDOW are currently in the studio recording their reunion album, "Sleeping With Demons". The band's original female vocalist, Kay Garret, has now rejoined the group in a studio so her voice will be heard on BLACK WIDOW's music again for the first time since 196...June 12, 2009
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MACHINERY To Enter Studio In September
Stockholm, Sweden-based extreme metallers MACHINERY have issued the following update: "We are currently writing new songs for the next album, [with plans to enter] the studio in September. Too early to say, but we are aiming for the album to be mixed in November and hoping for a release in first hal...June 11, 2009
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BRUJERIA: Footage From PIORNO ROCK Festival Available
Demonia's Blogg has been updated with video footage of BRUJERIA's performance at the Piorno Rock festival, which was held on June 6, 209 at Recinto Ferial De Pinos Puente, Granada, Spain. Check out the clip below. U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine recently conducted an interview with NAPALM DEATH bassist S...June 11, 2009
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DUFF MCKAGAN's Finnish Beginning To Summer
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weeky column, which appears every Thursday on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. An excerpt follows below. "Late spring in Europe and the U.K. means only one thing for the music lover over here: FESTIVAL SEASON!...June 11, 2009
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GOREAPHOBIA Added To MASTER Tour
Due to a recent turn of events, reunited cult favorites GOREAPHOBIA will be replacing PATHOLOGY on this summer's Slaves to Society U.S. tour featuring death metal legends MASTER and Ibex Moon Records labelmates DREAMING DEAD. This trek across the States, the band's first in over 17 years, will be mo...June 10, 2009
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