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ARCH ENEMY: 'The Root Of All Evil' Limited Edition Details Revealed

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY will release a new album, "The Root Of All Evil", on September 28 in Europe and October 6 in North America via Century Media Records. This special collection features re-recorded versions of songs from the band's first three LPs — "Black Earth" (1996),"St...

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IMPIOUS: 'Death Domination' Track Listing Revealed

Swedish death/thrashers IMPIOUS will release their new album, "Death Domination", in North America on November 24 via Metal Blade Records (November 6 in Europe). The CD's cover artwork, which the band describes as "one of the most sinister and malignant-looking album covers ever," was created by Mar...

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DIMMU BORGIR: 'We Have Put Up With Unprofessionalism And Bad Live Performances For Years'

Norwegian symphonic black metal band DIMMU BORGIR have issued the following statement regarding the recent departures of keyboardist Mustis (real name: Øyvind Mustaparta) and bassist/clean vocalist ICS Vortex (real name: Simen Hestnæs): "Man, what a shitstorm response! "Too bad all the shit is throw...

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IMPIOUS: New Song Available For Streaming

A new IMPIOUS track, "Abomination Glorified", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song (check out the lyrics at this location) comes off the Swedish death/thrashers' new album, "Death Domination", which will be released in North America on November 24 via Metal Blade Records (...

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PAINDIVISION Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Guitarist Mark Hobson has left Australia's PAINDIVISION in order pursue his musical career further overseas in Finland and has been replaced by Ben Thomas, who previously played guitar in the Sydney-based band THUNDASTEEL. Thomas, who made a guest appearance on EMPIRES OF EDEN album "Songs of War an...

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EXODUS Cancels Beijing Show

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have issued the following update: "Due to visa issue with China, we are forced to cancel our Beijing show [on September 25 at Mao Live House]. We want to thank the Chinese fans as well as Painkiller magazine/Icon Promotions for their support and understanding....

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OPETH To Play Israel In November

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will perform at the Hall 11A Exhibition Grounds in Tel Aviv, Israel on November 10. Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt at this year's Brutal Assault festival, which was held August 6-8, 2009 in P...

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THE DESTRO To Release 'Harmony Of Discord' In October

Texas' THE DESTRO will release its sophomore album, "Harmony Of Discord" on October 13 via Ironclad Recordings. According to a press release, the band "possess the aggression and directness or hardcore but it's not metalcore; they have the thick sludge toned riffage and big bottom groove of metal wh...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, NECROPHOBIC To Team Up For BONECRUSHER FEST

Having garnered much attention and praise for the popular Never Say Die! club tour, Avocado Booking has helped bring the best and brightest acts of the hardcore, metal, and punk realms to audiences all over Europe. Now they’re flexing their muscles in both extreme, chest-pounding metal with a stella...

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Former HANOI ROCKS Frontman To Guest On New KINETIK CONTROL Album

Former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe makes a guest appearance on the forthcoming sophomore album from the Finnish rock/metal act KINETIK CONTROL, entitled "Only Truth Remains". According to KINETIK CONTROL's official bio, the new CD sees the band pursuing a "more guitar-driven and more rock" d...

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TORCHBEARER To Begin Mixing New Album This Week

Patrik Gardberg and Christian Älvestam of the Swedish death/black metal band TORCHBEARER are currently finalizing the rhythm and lead guitar tracks for the group's third album, entitled "Death Meditations". Christian states, "All vocals are done and to my ears Pär [Johansson] has outdone himself thi...

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GRAVE To Begin Writing New Album In The Fall

Guitarist/vocalist Ola Lindgren of Swedish death metallers GRAVE has issued the following update: "First of all, a big thanks go out to all of you fans who showed up at the summer festivals the past month. Especially Summer Breeze [in Germany] was very impressive. To see that massive amount of peopl...

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ASPHYX: Footage From Holland's DYNAMO OUTDOOR Festival Posted Online

Quality video footage of ASPHYX's August 29, 2009 performance at the Dynamo Outdoor festival in Eindhoven, The Netherlands can be viewed below (courtesy of "letthedeathmetalflow"). ASPHYX's comeback album, "Death...The Brutal Way", was released in Europe on June 22 via Century Media Records (Septemb...

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HATEBREED Frontman Interviewed On Oklahoma City's KATT-FM 100.5

Vocalist Jamey Jasta of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED was interviewed by the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma radio station KATT-FM 100.5 on August 21, 2009. You can now watch the chat below. The cover artwork for the forthcoming self-titled album from HATEBREED can be viewed below. The LP is...

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MR. DEATH: 'Detached From Life' Release Date Announced

MR. DEATH — the Stockholm, Sweden-based "straightforward, brutal, old-school death metal" band featuring Stefan Lagergren (TREBLINKA, EXPULSION, VOLDET) on guitar, Alex Stjärnfeldt (OCEANLIFT, EDWARD, DCLXVI) on guitar, Jonas Ohlsson (VOID, MASSIVE) on drums, Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg (TREBLINKA, TIAM...