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MORDA Hard At Work On New Album

Belgian hardcore/metal act MORDA is currently in the studio recording its as-yet-untitled third full-length album for a June 27 release via Hong Kong's Gods Child Music. The follow-up to 2005's "Azerion" will mark the group's first CD with new singer Wentein. According to a press release, the new al...

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TRAP THEM Signs With DEATHWISH RECORDS

TRAP THEM, the brutal metal/hardcore band formed by Ryan McKenney (ex-BACKSTABBERS INC.) and Brian Izzi (ex-DECEMBER WOLVES),has signed with Deathwish Records. The group will enter Godcity Studios this summer to record "Seance Prime" for a late 2007 release. In early 2007, TRAP THEM released two re...

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GENE SIMMONS Rocks Times Square; Photos Available

On Wednesday (April 11) at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square, New York City, gamers and rockers alike were treated to an event of heroic proportions. Guitar Hero II recently launched for Xbox 360, and to celebrate, five lucky gamers got the chance to win a jam session with the KISS bassist/vocali...

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JACK FROST Comments On Upcoming Performance With LIZZY BORDEN

LIZZY BORDEN has recruited Jack Frost (SEVEN WITCHES, BRONX CASKET CO.) to be the second half of a two-guitar onslaught at Metal Blade's 25th Anniversary Showcase at the New England Metal And Hardcore Festival. Jack has released the following statement: "I am very honored to be taking the stage with...

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CASSANDRA To Enter Studio Next Week

Malaysia's metal/hardcore sensation CASSANDRA will enter the studio next week to record its debut full-length for Hong Kong's Gods Child Music. According to a press release, the CD "will consist of 10 songs of pure aggression and passion. If you think that their last release is the best that the Sou...

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ATTACKER Confirmed For THE MONSTERS BALL

New Jersey metallers ATTACKER have been confirmed for The Monsters Ball, set to take place Friday, October 12 at The Rock Room of the Sterling hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Saturday, October 13 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey. Also scheduled to appear are RAVEN, HALLOWS EVE, SEVENTH CALLIN...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer: 'We Have A Hardcore Fan Base That Loves What We Do'

Greg Giles of Midwest Excess recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain. A few excerpts follow: Midwest Excess: Album after album, MACHINE HEAD has radically developed their overall sound, while trying out new concepts, yet staying true to the thrash roots. The brand new...

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BORN FROM PAIN Recruits Stand-in Singer For April/May Dates

Dutch metallic hardcore heroes BORN FROM PAIN have enlisted Paul from Limburg "death squad" SUPERIOR to take care of the vocal duties on the band's previously announced dates in April/May. Carl Schwartz from FIRST BLOOD, who has been recruited as BORN FROM PAIN's new singer following the departure o...

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LIZZY BORDEN Shoots New Album Cover

LIZZY BORDEN has shot the cover of its as-yet-untitled new album, due out the end of summer. LIZZY is working with special-effects wizard and make-up artist Ralis Kahn. Although no details have been revealed, Ralis has designed the set and the look of the band based on the characters in the storylin...

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Poland's DAYMARES Completes Work On Debut Album

Warsaw-based DAYMARES has completed work on its debut album, entitled "Can't Get Us All". Drums were tracked at Kokszoman Studio with Maciek Miechowicz (NEUMA, ex-KOBONG) while the rest of the instruments and vocals were laid down at As One Studio with Smok (ex-POST REGIMENT) and Activator. The artw...

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SUICIDE SILENCE Completes Work On Debut Album

Riverside, CA-based quintet SUICIDE SILENCE has just wrapped up the recording process for their debut album, which is set for a summer release via Century Media Records. The new effort was recorded with acclaimed producer John Travis (STATIC-X),and is currently being mixed by Tue Madsen (HIMSA, THE...

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FOREVER IT SHALL BE Splits With RESOUND GR!ND, Signs New Deal With MAINTAIN RECORDS

Braunschweig, Germany-based metal/hardcore act FOREVER IT SHALL BE has parted ways with Resound Gr!nd Records from Austria less than three months after signing with the label and has inked a new deal with Maintain Records. The group's debut album, "Reluming the Embers", was produced by Ralf Mueller...

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Parasite

For the sake of the review, we will assume that this Michigan band's name, SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY, comes from a harrowing tale of murder and betrayal that started and ended on a Tuesday. How else would you explain the inspiration behind the lethally chaotic modern grindcore/death metal (toss in abrasi...

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Zen and the Art

A few years ago I said some album or band was "more underground than Rich Hoak in a mine shaft." The former BRUTAL TRUTH man has more than lived up to my lame joke since that band's initial dissolution — as a member of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, he carries on their tradition of thinking man's ...

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The 4Q Mangrenade

There is plenty of good news to go around in the Osmose, Crimes Against Humanity, and DRILLER KILLER camps. Perhaps the best news is that Osmose has licensed the DRILLER KILLER catalogue ("Fuck the World", "Reality Bites", "Cold, Cheap, and Disconnected", etc) to Wisconsin's Crimes Against Humanity...