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BRIDES Signs With VISIBLE NOISE RECORDS

Brighton, U.K.-based crossover quartet BRIDES has inked a deal with Visible Noise Records. for the release of the band's debut album, "Ocular.Unveil". Boasting BRIDES' trademark duelling vocals and a positive slew of ambition and honesty, "Ocular.Unveil" was produced and recorded at Outhouse Studios...

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MASTODON: Free 'Crack The Skye' T-Shirt Offer

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON are hooking up their hardcore fans with a *free* "Crack The Skye" t-shirt ahead of their new album's release. The limited t-shirt is available only from www.mastodontshirtoffer.com using a special code. The first 50 BLABBERMOUTH.NET users who enter the code "bl...

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FORBIDDEN: 'We Are Extremely Excited About STEVE SMYTH Joining Us For Our Newest Chapter'

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on January 9, reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN have now officially confirmed that they have parted ways with guitarist Glen Alvelais and have replaced him with Steve Smyth (TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE). Commented the group in a statement: "Throughout...

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STATIC-X/ASESINO's TONY CAMPOS To Debut New Signature Bass At NAMM

STATIC-X/ASESINO's Tony Campos will debut his new Fernandes signature bass guitar this Friday, January 16 at the NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. He will appear at the Fernandes booth (#596...

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SHRINEBUILDER: Songtitles For Debut CD Revealed

SHRINEBUILDER, the project that features in its ranks Wino (ST. VITUS, THE HIDDEN HAND),Scott Kelly (NEUROSIS),Al Cisneros (OM, SLEEP),and Dale Crover (MELVINS),has finished recording its debut CD with Toshi Kasai (MELVINS, BIG BUSINESS) for a summer release on Neurot Recordings. The tentative t...

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BELIEVER: New Album Title Announced

Reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER have set "Gabriel" as the title of their fourth album, due on March 17 via through KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Howard Jones' new imprint label Cesspool Records via Metal Blade. The CD will feature guest appearances by Jones, Joe Ric...

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Peel Sessions

I've said it before and I'll say it again; when power trios fire on all cylinders, there is no impact more powerful than a bass/drums/guitar mix. Obviously, it requires tight playing, but that indefinable sixth sense that turns three individual musicians into an indistinguishable grouping that moves...

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New Metal Leader

It has been several years since I've really given much of a shit about MANOWAR. Not that I don't appreciate what they do; I just kind of lost interest some years back, but still cherish golden 80s albums like "Fighting the World", "Hail to England", and "Kings of Metal". As such, I was marginally in...

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Ballads of a Hangman

The Germans just have a knack for borrowing the best elements of the 80's godfathers and turning those into quality heavy metal songwriting that is familiar in the most satisfying of ways. Then again, it would not be entirely accurate to hang GRAVE DIGGER's knack for it on borrowed attributes from t...

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KATAKLYSM Frontman's EX DEO: New Demo Track Posted Online

EX DEO, the new band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, has posted a demo version of the track "Cry Havoc" on the group's MySpace page. The song will appear on the group's forthcoming debut album, "Romulus", tentatively due in September via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is being produced by...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Frontman To Guest On New BELIEVER Album

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Howard Jones makes a special guest appearance on the new album from reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER. The CD, which is scheduled for release in March through Jones' new imprint Cesspool Records via Metal Blade, will include additional co...

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THOR, SAVAGE GRACE Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XIII Festival

Enduring icon of glam rock and metal, the rock warrior THOR (a.k.a. Jon Mikl Thor) and reactivated '80s cult heavy metal act SAVAGE GRACE (featuring guitarist Christian Logue) have been confirmed for the Keep It True XIII festival, set to take place in April 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-König...

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TROUBLE Bassist Selling FENDER PRECISION Axe

Bassist Chuck Robinson of legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE is selling one of his Fender Precision Bass guitars for $800 (see photo below). According to Robinson, the axe was used in the studio only and is "100% A+ condition." He added, "I have two of these; I use one on the road and the other to...

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MASTODON: New Audio Snippet Posted Online

A teaser clip of the new MASTODON track "Oblivion" is available for streaming on the band's official web site. The song will appear on MASTODON's new album, "Crack The Skye", which is tentatively due late March. John Doran of The Quietus has posted a track-by-track review of "Crack The Skye". Read i...

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ENTWINE: 'Painstained' Pushed Back Two Weeks

The release date of "Painstained", the sixth album from Finnish goth-metallers ENTWINE, has been pushed back two weeks to January 28 (via Spinefarm Records). The CD was recorded with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, APOCALYPTICA, SENTENCED). "Painstained" track listing: 01. Soul Sacrifice 02. Strife 0...