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HAMMERFALL Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL; KATAKLYSM Pulls Out

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Meanwhile, Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have pulled out of the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetica...

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Slaughtered & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture

It has been awhile since the term goregrind was an apt description of Belgium's ABORTED (well, except for the gore part),as the band has honed a particularly chunky, and marginally more melodic, death metal style these last few years. Some grindy characteristics are still present, but you get the g...

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A Symphony of Suffering

It was the fertile swamplands of southern Florida that spawned, among scads of other bands, the groundbreaking NOCTURNUS in the late 1980s. Their use of a full-time keyboardist was controversial at the time, when the instrument was considered a crutch of the sappiest of the hair-farmer acts. Now, of...

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POISONBLACK Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar; formerly of SENTENCED),has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetica...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH...

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SOULFLY Mainman Performs 'Jumpdafuckup' In Russia; Video Available

SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera made a special guest appearance with the popular Russian hardcore group FAQ on January 11, 2007 in Moscow, Russia at the Shadow Club. Cavalera performed "Molotov", "Jumpdafuckup" and the FAQ original track "The Killing Song", to which he also contributed vocals in the st...

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SPUDMONSTERS Reunion Show Scheduled For May

A SPUDMONSTERS reunion show is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 19 at Peabody's concert club in Cleveland, Ohio. Also scheduled to appear is RINGWORM, with other guests to be announced. Tickets go on sale February 23. According to Last.fm, THE SPUDMONSTERS started in 1989 and debuted with a...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary: U.S. Premiere Announced

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its North American premiere on Sunday, March 11 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the 2007 Texas Rock Fest. This will be a free roofto...

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OOMPH! Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German industrial metal band OOMPH! has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH B...

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LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, INSANITY, BAD ACID TRIP Confirmed For LOS ANGELES MURDERFEST VERSION 3.0

LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, INSANITY, BAD ACID TRIP, BOOK OF THE BLACK EARTH, ANEMOSITY, 7000 DYING RATS, WORHORSE, RUIDO and PROGERIA are the latest confirmed bands for the Los Angeles Murderfest Version 3.0, set to take place March 24-25 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. The festival bil...

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SICK CITY Signs With TRUSTKILL RECORDS

Trustkill Records has announced the signing of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada's SICK CITY. The group, which took part in the Canadian dates on Warped Tour and Taste Of Chaos, as well as a nationwide run with THE CANCER BATS, was recently featured in Alternative Press' "Hometown Heroes" for 2007, which d...

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TURMOIL Signs With EULOGY RECORDINGS

Eulogy Recordings has announced the signing of hardcore pioneers TURMOIL. TURMOIL, the groundbreaking noise-core five-piece from Philadelphia, have now fittingly signed with Eulogy Recordings, a label whose reputation is etched in stone as a cornerstone of the crossover metalcore movement. The band...

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37 STABWOUNDZ Replaces BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY On BORN FROM PAIN Tour

Dutch hardcore/metal band 37 STABWOUNDZ has replaced BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY on BORN FROM PAIN's "The War Is On" tour, which is scheduled to kick off mid-March. "We will play 14 days on this amazing event, predominantly in the German-speaking countries together with FIRST BLOOD and THE SETUP!" 37 STA...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist Comments On North American Tour

Launching an omnious campaign for "In Sorte Diaboli" — their first studio album in four years scheduled for North American release on April 24 — Norwegian melodic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have announced their headlining return to the western hemisphere. Beginning on Friday, April 20 in Cleveland...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman: 'All Of My Music Is Based On What Is Going On In My Life'

Goth rock icons TYPE O NEGATIVE have announced the initial tour dates for their 2007 U.S. headlining tour in support of their forthcoming CD "Dead Again", out March 13 on SPV Records. The Brooklyn, NY band will launch the trek March 28 in Providence, RI with BRAND NEW SIN supporting. The album's tit...