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JOEY VERA: FATES WARNING's 'A Pleasant Shade Of Gray' Is 'One Of My Proudest Recordings'

Heavycore founder Pete Altieri recently conducted an interview with bassist Joey Vera (FATES WARNING, ARMORED SAINT, ANTHRAX). A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Heavycore: What bass players got you interested in playing bass and why? Joey: First it was Geezer Butler, John P...

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THE CHELSEA SMILES To Release Debut Album In November

THE CHELSEA SMILES, the band featuring Todd Youth (ex-MURPHYS LAW, D-GENERATION, DANZIG),will release its full-length debut, "Thirty Six Hours Later", on November 7 via Acetate Records. A few songs from the CD can be previewed at the group's MySpace page. Todd Youth also played guitar for MOTÖRHEAD...

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NEGATIVA: Debut CD To Be Released Through Newly Launched PRODISK Label

NEGATIVA, the Quebec-based band featuring former GORGUTS members Steeve Hurdle (guitar, vocals) and Luc Lemay (guitar, vocals),along with Etienne Gallo (drums, ex-AUGURY) and Miguel Valade (bass, ex-ION DISSONANCE),will release its debut, self-titled multimedia mini-CD via the new metal label Prod...

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STAIND Settles Court Case With THE STAIN

After a three-and-a-half-year legal battle over the name THE STAIN, Jon Stainbrook's band THE STAIN has settled its court case with STAIND. Founded by Stainbrook in 1980, THE STAIN has been performing live shows and received "worldwide acclaim" for music used in TV, video, and DVD for national and i...

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VISCERAL BLEEDING: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for VISCERAL BLEEDING's highly anticipated third full-length album, "Absorbing the Disarray", has been posted online at this location. Aside from eleven devastating death metal tracks, the album contains two video clips as well. The full track listing is as follows: Audio portion:...

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THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD To Headline U.S. Tour This Fall

South Carolina's THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, fresh off its hugely successful run on UNEARTH's "Sanctity of Brothers" tour, has revealed plans for a headlining trek from November 16 to December 16. Sponsored by Draven and Decibel magazine, the tour will see THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD joining forc...

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HIRAX Prepares To Record New Material, Hit The Road

Thrash metal icons HIRAX will enter the studio in October to record the first new material since 2004's "The New Age of Terror". The band is scheduled to begin recording four new tracks on October 13 at Shiva Industries Studio in Santa Ana, California. John Haddad will produce the tracks "Lucifer's...

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Subliminal Genocide

It seemed a tad strange to find that the new 71-minute full-length from Malefic's XASTHUR was being released on Hydra Head. That is, until one considers that the lo-fi black metal atmospheres and dread-drenched trance of "Subliminal Genocide" is the kind of expansive, heady, and off-the-beaten path...

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JIMI HENDRIX Limited Edition Sculpture To Arrive In December

KnuckleBonz, Inc. has announced the creation of a Jimi Hendrix Limited Edition Sculpture (check out photos at this location) as the latest figure in the Guitar Hero sculpture series. Jimi is portrayed along with his Fender Stratocaster. The sculpture is a black-and-white hand-painted collectible tha...

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VISCERAL BLEEDING: 'Disgust The Vile' Video Posted Online

VISCERAL BLEEDING's video for the song "Disgust the Vile" has been posted online on the Neurotic Records YouTube channel at this location. "Disgust the Vile" is one of the two video clips that will end up on the forthcoming VISCERAL BLEEDING full-length album, titled "Absorbing the Disarray". With r...

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New Documentary Focusing On American Punk-Rock Scene During '80s Opens Today

MTV.com reports that Paul Rachman's new documentary, "American Hardcore" — based on Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A Tribal History" — is opening in limited release Friday (September 22). The film, which follows the American punk-rock scene during the early to mid-'80s, culls rare concert f...

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DEICIDE Frontman: Norwegian Black Metal Is 'Just Power Metal Bands With Makeup'

Malcolm Dome of the U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with DEICIDE's Glen Benton (vocals, bass) and Steve Asheim (drums). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the difference between Benton being ridiculed for burning an inverted cross into his forehead and Ri...

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HOSTILITY: Tour Dates Announced

San Francisco Bay Area metal band HOSTILITY has announced the following tour dates in support of its debut album, "Uncompromised": Sep. 14 - The Whisky A Go-Go - Los Angeles, CA Sep. 22 - Lava Lounge - Monterey, CA Sep. 23 - The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA Sep. 24 - Fat Cat - Modesto, CA ...

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HIRAX To Play Mexico In October

Underground metal champions HIRAX will tour Mexico beginning in Tijuana on October 14, followed by a highly anticipated East Coast tour in November. "The fans in Mexico are unbelievably supportive," said vocalist Katon De Pena. "To them, heavy metal is religion. The East Coast has been supporting ou...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Layne Staley' Biography Used By Social Workers And Drug Counselors

ARTS Publications has announced that the previously published biography of late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley, "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" — now retitled "Layne Staley: Get Born Again" — was recently ordered by a big number of social workers and drug counselors from different group therapy p...