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DEATH ANGEL Guitarist: 'Prepare For A Sonic Beatdown!'

Guitarist Rob Cavestany from San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL has issued the following update: "The jam last night was one of the best yet. As we approach the final phase of writing for this [new DEATH ANGEL] album, we are so locked in its insane. "After months of attacking the mission t...

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KING DIAMOND Guitarist Relocates, Renames Studio

KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque recently moved his studio (formerly known as Los Angered Recording) to Varberg, Sweden (which is located 40 minutes south of Gothenburg) and has renamed it Sonic Train. Check out the studio's web site at this location. Artists scheduled to work at Sonic Train th...

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Newly Launched ASCENDANCE RECORDS Signs FLOWING TEARS, UNEXPECT, AKPHAEZYA

Ascendance Records is a new label funded by Lee Barrett (founder of Candlelight Records; former member of EXTREME NOISE TERROR, currently in TO-MERA) and A&R'd by Sam Grant (writer, promoter, broadcaster, interviewer for Sonic Cathedral online). The emphasis on signing will be, but not exclusive...

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WAYSTED Covers AEROSMITH's 'Sweet Emotion'

WAYSTED, the reunited semi-obscure mid-'80s British heavy metal outfit led by UFO bassist Pete Way (hence the spelling of the group's name),has set "The Harsh Reality" as the title of its new album, due in October via U.K.'s Livewire Records. The CD will feature the band's "classic" lineup of Pete...

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ILLDISPOSED Replaces DYING FETUS At Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival

Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have replaced DYING FETUS on the 2007 edition of the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 24-25 in Gemünden, Germany. According to the festival organizers, "the fact that this step was necessary to cancel the band finally is very unfortunate indeed. We d...

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END OF GREEN Replaces CREMATORY At Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

END OF GREEN has replaced CREMATORY on the billing of the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. CREMATORY was forced to cancel its participation in the event due to illness. For more information, visit www.summer-breeze.de...

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CRADLE TO GRAVE Enlists DEVIN TOWNSEND To Mix New Album

CRADLE TO GRAVE, the band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has enlisted Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) to mix and master the group's new album, "Texas Medicine", due later in the year via Year of the Sun Records. "We got introduced to...

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AMORPHIS: 'Silent Waters' Video Posted Online

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS have released their video for the song "Silent Waters". Watch the clip below. An e-card for AMORPHIS's upcoming album, "Silent Waters", has been made available at this location. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland. Mixing duties were handled by M...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY, BEHEMOTH, GOJIRA, BENEATH THE MASSACRE: North American Dates Announced

Hurley and Converse unite to present the 2007 "Radio Rebellion" tour, a massive, twenty-eight city North American trek that will showcase the cream of the crop of heavy music's rising stars from points across the globe. Co-headlining the tour will be Glendale, AZ extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY...

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AMORPHIS To Tour Russia, Ukraine In October

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS will embark on a short tour of Russia and Ukraine in October. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 07 - Kiev (UA),venue tba Oct. 09 - Khabarovsk (RU),Circus Oct. 10 - Vladivostok (RU),[venue to be announced] Oct. 12 - Moscow (RU),Apelsin Oct. 13 - Rostov (RU),Dk Rosts...

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Eater of Birds

You better sit your ass down and hold on, especially if you are unfamiliar with the black metal battle cruiser that is Colorado's COBALT. The duo of Erik Wunder and Phil McSorley have assembled a 70-minute monolith of war metal battery and black metal viciousness, interrupted only for the occasional...

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CHIMAIRA Pulls Out Of EASTPAK ANTIDOTE TOUR

Cleveland's CHIMAIRA has issued the following update: "As you may or may not know, we have decided to cancel our upcoming U.K./European run. "There's really no way for us to describe our sorrow after having decided to pull out of the Eastpak Antidote tour. It was an extremely difficult decision for...

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AMORPHIS: Video Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Available

Fan-filmed footage of the Finnish metallers AMORPHIS performing the track "My Kantele" at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany, has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below. An e-card for AMORPHIS's upcoming album, "Silent Waters", has been made av...

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ELVENKING: 'The Divided Heart' Video Posted Online

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING has released the video for its song "The Divided Heart". The clip was shot with director Mirco Andreis (ELDRITCH, MACBETH, DISARMONIA MUNDI). Watch the video below. "The Divided Heart" comes off ELVENKING's new CD, "The Scythe", due in Europe on September 14 v...

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SPIDER ROCKETS To Support LILLIAN AXE

The third release by New Jersey's own SPIDER ROCKETS, entitled "Ever After", has been picked up by three labels — Locomotive, Screaming Ferret and Ryko — who have just issued the album. "Ever After" sees the group working once more with producer Martin Bisi (whose resume includes the likes of DRESDE...