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NEAERA: CD-Release Concert To Be Filmed

German extreme metal outfit NEAERA will have its May 29 CD-release concert at Sputnikhalle in Münster, Germany professionally filmed for possible release. Commented the band: "We will publish the material later as live clips through our MySpace site and our homepage. It's also possible that we relea...

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MASTER Signs With PULVERISED RECORDS

Pulverised Records has announced the signing of the legendary death metal band MASTER. Commented Pulverised A&R manager Calvin: "MASTER was and is still truly an influential band and I would daringly assume that a lot of the early extreme metal bands were somehow influenced by MASTER, but [their...

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SUPREME PAIN: Footage From HOUTEN DEATHFEST Posted Online

Video footage of Dutch brutal death metal band SUPREME PAIN's April 25, 2009 performance at the Houten Deathfest in Holland can be viewed below. Also appearing on the bill were UNMERCIFUL, INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY and DESPISE, among many others. The group's next gig will take place on May 8 at N201 in A...

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METALLICA Drummer Talks Torture

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich appeared as a guest on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" on Monday night (April 27),where the liberal news commentator and the Danish drummer discussed living in San Francisco, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and politics (see video below). With the debate over the military and...

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ONHEIL: New Album Details Revealed

"Razor", the long-awaited new album from Dutch blackened thrash/death metal band ONHEIL, will be released on May 15 via German metal label Cyclone Empire. The group's first studio effort in six years was recorded at the Final Focus Studios and was produced by Bart Hennephof (TEXTURES, BRUTUS) and Yu...

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EXODUS: Chicago Live Audio Recording Posted Online

High-quality audio of San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends EXODUS performing the song "Children Of A Worthless God" at their recent tour stop at the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois is available for streaming at The Daily Rock. EXODUS will perform its classic debut album, "Bonded By Blood", in i...

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DISTURBED: New Audio Interview With DAVID DRAIMAN Posted Online

Kiwibox editor Steven Horowitz recently conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman. Listen to the 10-minute chat below. Draiman recently told the Green Bay Press Gazette that the band is "offended" that local veterans are opposed to DISTURBED's Music As A Weapon tour playing on May...

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XERATH: E-Card Available

U.K.-based experimental/progressive extreme metallers XERATH will release their debut album, "Xerath I", on May 25 via Candlelight Records. The CD was mixed in France by Brett Caldas-Lima (CYNIC). An e-card for the album is available at this location. Check out the "Xerath I" cover artwork below. Ac...

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ENSLAVED Teams Up With GIBSON Guitars

In the world of extreme music, Norway's ENSLAVED have always been a force to be reckoned with — and one that will not rest on its laurels: After almost two decades in the game, ENSLAVED have developed and widened their scope of pure dark music, incorporating progressive and atmospheric structures in...

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Evolution Through Revolution

Hard to believe it's been twelve years since BRUTAL TRUTH released the breakthrough "Sounds Of The Animal Kingdom". In retrospect though, it seems that absence can make the heart grind harder as "Evolution Through Revolution" is as chaotically creative as anything extreme metal has to offer. Never o...

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Protected Hell

DISBELIEF isn't trying to fit into anyone's metal pigeonholes. They've got the vocals of an extreme death metal band, but the intense, obsidian tone and impenetrable lurch of the most dark doom ghouls. And they do it all with a spartan, minimalist approach, all simple, pork-fisted riffs and an almos...

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Chile's PENTAGRAM To Reunite For CUMBRE DEL METAL CHILENO Festival

Long-defunct extreme metal pioneers PENTAGRAM from Chile will reunite for an appearance at the Cumbre del Metal Chileno festival, set to take place June 14 at Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago. This will be mark PENTAGRAM's first performance since May 27, 2001, when the band played a one-off show to cel...

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IMPALED Interviewed On PIRATE CAT RADIO; Audio Available

Oakland, California-based extreme metallers IMPALED were interviewed yesterday (Sunday, April 26) on San Francisco's Pirate Cat Radio 97.9 FM. The two-hour program is now available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. IMPALED's video for the song "G.O.R.E." can be viewed below. The tr...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE, DYING FETUS To Join Forces For 'European Plague Tour'

Florida-based death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE will embark on the European Plague Tour in the fall. Direct support will come from DYING FETUS. On the mainland, the package will be completed by EVOCATION and OBSCURA, while TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY will support the bands in t...

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ANAAL NATHRAKH: Two New Songs Available For Streaming

England's extreme metal duo ANAAL NATHRAKH will release its new album, "In The Constellation Of The Black Widow", on June 29 via Candlelight Records. A limited-edition vinyl version of the effort will be made available the same month via Feto Records (the label run by NAPALM DEATH's Shane Embury and...