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WINTERSUN/IMPERANON Guitarist Working On New Project: Audio Available
WINTERSUN/IMPERANON guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari has launched a new project with 16-year-old Finnish keyboardist Risto Kupiainen (who has previously collaborated with IMPERANON frontman Aleksi Sihvonen). The first rough sample of the group's material, a track called "The Discovery of Time", can be dow...March 10, 2005
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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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PAINMUSEUM/HALFORD Guitarist To Co-Host WDHA's 'Metal Mania' Show
PAINMUSEUM/HALFORD guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak will co-host the popular New Jersey "Metal Mania" show on March 11 on WDHA 105.FM with Matt Murray. The show will be a special "The Import Metal Edition", where Metal Mike will spin his favorite tracks NOT found on domestic U.S. releases. Here is y...March 6, 2005
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SEVENTH ONE Part Ways With Guitarist
Guitarist Johannes "Axe" Losbäck has officially left Swedish power metallers SEVENTH ONE. "It's a decision that didn't come lightly," Johannes said in a statement. "I was one of the founding members, [I] love the guys as friends and admire their mucisianship, [and I] would die for metal. The decisio...March 4, 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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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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NOVEMBERS DOOM: 'The Pale Haunt Departure' Video Posted Online
Chicago doomsters NOVEMBERS DOOM have posted their video for the track "The Pale Haunt Departure" at this location. The clip was filmed on Sunday, January 23 with the help of production company Autumn's End Entertainment. "The Pale Haunt Departure" is the title track of the group's new album, due on...March 1, 2005
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MORTAL SIN Frontman Talks About Touring With METALLICA, Upcoming Album
MORTAL SIN frontman Mat Maurer recently spoke to HailMetal.com about touring with METALLICA and TESTAMENT during the group's early years and their upcoming album, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: HailMetal.com: If given a chance to tour with METALLICA again would y...March 1, 2005
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NIGHTWISH Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST
Finland's NIGHTWISH have been confirmed for Earthshaker Fest 2005, a two-day event set to take place July 22-23 in Geiselwind, Germany. NIGHTWISH will top the bill on Friday, July 22, while MANOWAR will close out the show the following night. The billing for the festival is shaping up as follows: AF...February 24, 2005
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Classic HADES Albums To Be Reissued In May
On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, Rock Ridge Music will reissue two albums from the '80s heavy metal band HADES. The two recordings, "Resisting Success" and "If At First You Don't Succeed", each include a newly-recorded, previously unreleased track. HADES was formed by guitarist Dan Lorenzo back in 1978, pl...February 23, 2005
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NEVERMORE: Video Clip From Recording Studio Posted Online
A short video clip of NEVERMORE in the studio recording their new album has been posted online at producer Andy Sneap's official web site. Download the 6.7 MB Quicktime file at this location. NEVERMORE have set "This Godless Endeavor" as the title of their next studio album, tentatively due this sum...February 22, 2005
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ALEX SKOLNICK Talks About His Relationship With Former TESTAMENT Bandmates
Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with former TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: At this point in time, how would you describe your relationship with the members of TESTAMENT? Alex: "It's good...every time they're in town, I go see...February 21, 2005
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Guitarist ALEX SKOLNICK Comments On TESTAMENT 'Reunion' Tour
Former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued a statement confirming his participation in the upcoming TESTAMENT "reunion" tour alongside lead vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarist Eric Peterson, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Johnny Tempesta (HELMET, ex-ROB ZOMBIE). The tour will last...February 21, 2005
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