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Report: METAL BLADE Celebrates 25 Years Of Metallic Massacres

Eden Munro of Vue Weekly reports: In 1982, a young man named Brian Slagel decided to put together a compilation album out of his mother's house in Woodland Hills, CA. The album's title was "Metal Massacre", and it marked the beginning of Metal Blade Records. Twenty-five years on, Slagel is still at...

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'Heavy Metal Box' Animated Product Shot Available

An animated product shot for the upcoming "Heavy Metal Box" (due on October 2 via Rhino Records) can be viewed below. The four-disc, 70-song set boasts classic tracks from IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD and SLAYER, among dozens of others. Arranged chronologically from 1968 to 1991, the compila...

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RELAPSE RECORDS To Host Free 'Get Thrashed' Screening

Relapse Records will host a special free screening of "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 — next Tuesday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. EST at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street...

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VELVET REVOLVER Members To Attend U.K.'s MUSIC LIVE Event

Duff McKagan and Dave Kushner from VELVET REVOLVER will attend this year's Music Live event, which is being held November 2-4, 2007 at the NEC in Birmingham, England. The bassist and guitar player will visit the show in conjunction with Rotosound strings on November 3 and November 4 to meet fans and...

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FLOWING TEARS: More 'Invanity - Live In Berlin' Details Revealed

German female-fronted gothic metallers FLOWING TEARS have issued the following update: "It's time to reveal some more details about the upcoming live album. 'Invanity - Live in Berlin' will be released on October 29 and will contain the following tracks: 01. Swallow 02. Undying 03. Portsall (Departu...

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Embrace the Fall

Chicago's HURTLOCKER hit the scene in a big way with 2006's Napalm debut, "Fear in a Handful of Dust", an unrelenting and frighteningly vicious slab of modern thrash. That balls-out style is continued on "Embrace the Fall", this time with better songwriting and a wider array of riffs and more arrang...

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BONDED BY BLOOD To Make UK Radio Debut This Weekend

Los Angeles thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD are set to make their debut on UK station Total Rock this Saturday (September 15) between 9:00 a.m. and 12 noon UK time. Vocalist Aladdin will be interviewed live on the "Breakfast at Talita's" show, and fans can e-mail their own questions in to the studio live...

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MEGADETH Mainman DAVE MUSTAINE: My Best Work Is Ahead Of Me

Author/journalist Joel McIver recently interviewed MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine, who is promoting the new "Warchest" box set, for Record Collector magazine. Excerpts from the chat follow: Q: How pivotal was the 1990 Clash Of The Titans tour for MEGADETH's career? Mustaine: "Very. I look back with great...

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APOCALYPTICA: More 'Worlds Collide' Release Dates Announced

APOCALYPTICA's new album "Worlds Collide", which was released today (Septemebr 14) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, will be issued on the following dates in other parts of the world: Sep. 17 - Rest of continental Europe (inc. UK),Mexico, Australia Sep. 19 - Scandinavia, Russia Sep. 26 - Japan S...

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Pittsburgh Thrashers MELTDOWN Release Full-Length Debut

Pittsburgh thrashers MELTDOWN have just released their debut album, "Executioner". Starting in mid-2004, MELTDOWN's sturdy foundations were formed by a group of wayward teenagers. A developing aggression for brainwashed peers met by a growing passion for heavy metal brought the band together. The Eu...

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EXTREMA: Back Catalog To Be Reissued In November

Legendary Italian metal band EXTREMA will have its entire back catalog — the legendary debut "Tension at the Seams" (1992),"The Positive Pressure" (1995),"Better Mad than Dead" (2001) and "Set the World on Fire" (2005) — reissued in November via Scarlet Records. Each CD will include "plenty of bon...

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'Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal': Five September Screenings Announced

The makers of "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 — have announced five additional screenings of the award-winning documentary — Thursday, September 13 and Saturday, Sept...

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APOCALYPTICA: 'Worlds Collide' Deluxe Edition Detailed

Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA will release their new album, "Worlds Collide", in Europe on September 14. The CD will be made available in standard and "deluxe" versions, the latter of which is described as "truly a work of art both in its artwork and its content." The "deluxe" edition contains...

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USURPER Founder Explains Decision To Call It Quits

Guitarist/founder Rick Scythe of Chicago's USURPER has issued the following statement regarding the band's decision to split up: "As some of you may have heard, the band I formed over 13 years ago is now over. I wrote nearly all the music and most of the lyrics. I came up with the lyrical and artwor...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH Signs With KOCH RECORDS

Koch Records has announced the signing of the Knoxville, Tennesseee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH. The band is signed under the newly created Raging Nation Records imprint. The group will enter the studio this fall to record a new album for a 2008 release. STRAIGHT LIN...