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SKITZO Parts Ways With Drummer (Again)

Legendary Bay Area thrash/crossover band SKITZO has parted ways with drummer Scott Fuller "due to scheduling [conflicts] and far-distance band practice." Fuller's final performance with SKITZO will take place tomorrow (Friday, November 21) at The Hazmat in Oakland, California. Commented the group: "...

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The Way of All Flesh

For all the acclaim it's garnered, it's tough to immediately pin down exactly what's great about GOJIRA's long-awaited new album. For that matter, it's hard at first to even tell what they're trying to do – the first spin of "A Sight to Behold", with its bouncy groove, electronic bass line and robot...

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WHIPLASH: Another Demo Track Posted Online

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH have uploaded a pre-production/demo version of another new song, "Madman At The Helm", to their MySpace page. The band will enter the studio in early March to begin recording its sixth album, "Unborn Again", with guitarist/vocalist Tony Portaro handling the...

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Former THE CROWN Guitarist Launches LADY MOURNING

Swedish guitarist/producer Marko Tervonen (THE CROWN, ANGEL BLAKE, DOBERMANN) has launched a new project called LADY MOURNING. According to Marko, "The big difference [between this and my other projects] is that this music will be sung by a woman — my wife, to be honest. So all the sad melodramatic...

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EXUMER: 'Winds Of Death' Clip Posted Online

Reactivated German thrashers EXUMER have posted a video clip for the song "Winds of Death", taken from their second album "Rising from the Sea", edited with rare footage from the 1980s. The band is currently working on the re-release of their first two albums, "Possessed by Fire" and "Rising from th...

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WHIPLASH: '25 Years Of Thrash' DVD Details Revealed

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH will release a 25th-anniversary DVD in late 2009 entitled "25 Years Of Thrash". According to the group, the disc will feature "true stories that cover the band's history with Roadrunner Records and beyond, 1985-1990, 'Power And Pain', 'Ticket To Mayhem', 'In...

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GUILLOTINE: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Blood Money", the second album from GUILLOTINE — the reunited Swedish thrash metal band featuring Nils Eriksson (bass) and Fredrik Mannberg (rhythm guitar) of NOCTURNAL RITES — is being streamed in its entirety at Terrorizer.com. The stream will end on November 2. "Blood Money" was released on Octo...

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WHIPLASH: First Studio Video Blog Available

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH have released the first in a four-part series of video blogs (see below) documenting the making of the band's new album, "Unborn Again". The clip, which was shot at the Concrete Island Studio, features samples of two brand new songs: "Float Face Down" and "P...

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WHIPLASH To Release Video Footage From The Studio

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH have announced plans to release a series of video clips documenting the making of their new album, "Unborn Again". The video will run in several segments straight from Concrete Island Studio at this location. Due in early 2009, "Unborn Again" will see guitar...

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WHIPLASH: New Album Title Changed

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH have changed the title of their long-awaited new CD to "Unborn Again" from the previously announced "Pitbulls In The Playground". Due in early 2009, the CD sees guitarist/vocalist Tony Portaro reuniting with drummer Joe Cangelosi once again after 19 years. T...

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GUILLOTINE: 'Rebellion' Video Posted Online

GUILLOTINE — the reunited Swedish thrash metal band featuring Nils Eriksson (bass) and Fredrik Mannberg (rhythm guitar) of NOCTURNAL RITES — has released the video for the song "Rebellion". Watch it below. The song "Rebellion" comes off GUILLOTINE's second album, "Blood Money", which will be release...

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GUILLOTINE: 'Rebellion' Video Not Included With 'Blood Money' Digipack

The digipack version of "Blood Money", the second album from GUILLOTINE — the reunited Swedish thrash metal band featuring Nils Eriksson (bass) and Fredrik Mannberg (rhythm guitar) of NOCTURNAL RITES — will not contain the video for song "Rebellion", despite a previous announcement to the contrary....

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Overdose Of Death

Forget the retro-thrash resurgence; TOXIC HOLOCAUST is the real shit. Born way back in '99 (before speed metal riffs and VENOM t-shirts were cool again),this Portland, OR-based outfit is as furiously old-school as any of the Bay Area newbies could hope to be on their best day. Not to take anything...

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Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal

There has been such a massive amount written about "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — and the critical reaction has pretty much been raving across the board – that it almost seems anti-climatic to talk about the recent DVD release. On the other hand, the scores of folks who didn't have the...

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Humanity Dethroned

Those with a taste for the aggressive end of the prog/power metal spectrum may want to check out DARK EMPIRE's sophomore effort, "Humanity Dethroned". The heaviness factor comes from substantial thrash elements in the riffing, heavy beats, and the occasional death vocal. But make no mistake about it...