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TEXTURES To Film 'Awake' Video
Dutch progressive metal band TEXTURES will film a video for the song "Awake" from the band's current album "Silhouettes". The clip will be directed by Dutch filmmaker Rob Hodselaar who worked on numerous documentaries as well as videos for Dutch artists as GEM and ROOM ELEVEN. The production will be...September 23, 2008
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POSSESSED Legend JEFF BECERRA 'Gravely Ill'
Sole remaining original member Jeff Becerra (vocals) of the reactivated California death metal pioneers POSSESSED became very ill while touring in Europe. The group, now featuring Becerra backed by members of California's SADISTIC INTENT, was playing shows on the European continent in preparation fo...September 22, 2008
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A Conversation With CANNIBAL CORPSE's ALEX WEBSTER
By: Scott Alisoglu CANNIBAL CORPSE is a band of the people; well, the death metal people anyway. Since forming in 1987, the unit has always given the fans what they've wanted — consistently good albums, gore-drenched lyrics, and staggering levels of brutality. The quintet's dedication, work ethic, a...September 17, 2008
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TEXTURES: Performance, Behind-The-Scenes Footage From LOWLANDS Festival Available
Professionally filmed video footage of Dutch progressive/extreme metallers TEXTURES performing the song "Regeniesis" at this year's Lowlands festival, which was held August 15-17 in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands can be viewed at 3voor12. TEXTURES has posted the first episode of its podcast featurin...September 9, 2008
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POSSESSED Pulls Out Of Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival
Reactivated California death metal pioneers POSSESSED — featuring sole original member Jeff Becerra (vocals) backed by members of California's SADISTIC INTENT — have cancelled their appearance at the Hole in the Sky festival, set to take place August 27-30 in Bergen, Norway. The festival organizers...August 28, 2008
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CRADLE TO GRAVE Forced To Cancel U.S. Tour
CRADLE TO GRAVE, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has been forced to cancel its recently announced tour of the West Coast after the group was detained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "for suspicion of either sneaking d...August 28, 2008
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THE 69 EYES To Release 'Goth'N'Roll' Box Set
Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES will release a box set called "Goth'n'Roll" in Finland on Halloween. The box set will contain three CDs and one DVD. "Goth'N'Roll" documents THE 69 EYES' period from 1998 to 2003 when the band broke into the mainstream success in Finland and spread their Helsinki v...August 26, 2008
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DAVE MUSTAINE Says He Was Diagnosed With Degenerative Disk Disease And Arthritis In His Neck
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I am writing this while sitting in my studio, and Justis [Dave's 16-year-old son] and his friend from school, Ryan (a drummer) are in the lounge room blasting KILLSWITCH ENGAGE a...August 25, 2008
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CRADLE TO GRAVE Announces West Coast Tour
CRADLE TO GRAVE, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has announced the details of its upcoming West Coast North American tour. The band will be hitting markets on the coasts of Canada, US. and Mexico throughout the month of August. C...August 11, 2008
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MEGADETH Auctioning DAVE MUSTAINE's Wrist Splints
MEGADETH is auctioning wrist splints that were worn by the band's mainman Dave Mustaine after an injury that almost ended his career. During the first week of January 2002, Mustaine suffered a compressed radial nerve, normally referred to as "Saturday Night Palsy," in his left hand and arm by hangin...August 8, 2008
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INDIANAPOLIS METAL FEST: More Bands Announced
More bands have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Indianapolis Metal Fest, set to take place September 26-27 at Madame Walker Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana. The festival includes an assortment of headliner-status and personally chosen unsigned artists, including three bands that will...August 7, 2008
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Parasite of Society
As the story goes, vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer left German thrash juggernaut DESTRUCTION after the decade of the 80s came to a close and formed HEADHUNTER, the music of which was more akin to power metal (albeit without the glitz and glam) than straight up thrash. The band released a...July 29, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist Discusses INSIDIOUS Project
DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Sven Atle Kopperud (a.k.a. Silenoz) recently spoke to UK's Terrorizer magazine about INSIDIOUS (formerly INSIDIOUS DISEASE),the international metal project featuring members of DIMMU BORGIR, NAPALM DEATH, OLD MAN'S CHILD and MORGOTH. Currently unsigned, INSIDIOUS (see band ph...July 27, 2008
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POSSESSED's JEFF BECERRA Gives Revealing Interview
In the October 2008 issue of Guitar World magazine, which is on sale now, POSSESSED frontman Jeff Becerra talks candidly about the 1989 shooting that left him paralyzed from the chest down, his battle with drugs and alcohol, the early days of the Bay Area thrash metal scene and his future as a wheel...July 22, 2008
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TEXTURES: 'Silhouettes' To Receive North American Release In September
Dutch progressive/extreme metallers TEXTURES will have their latest album, "Silhouettes", released in North America on September 30 via Listenable/Koch. The band is planning to tour the U.S. in support of the CD during the first quarter of 2009. "Silhouettes" recently entered the Dutch album chart a...July 8, 2008
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