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ABORTED Begins Work On New Material

Belgian death metallers ABORTED are currently on the road in Europe with KATAKLYSM and BEHEMOTH. Vocalist Sven De Caluwé has checked in with the following update: "It's been a fucking pleasure and an honor to share the stage each day with our friends from KATAKLYSM and BEHEMOTH, both monstrous acts...

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SOLEMNITY To Release New Album In February

Germany's SOLEMNITY has issued the following update: "The last months were a very chaotic time indeed. First of all, our SPINAL TAP-like search for a drummer which has ended as you already know. We have started recording then the first parts of our new album [tentatively titled 'Lords of the Damned'...

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PYRAMAZE Issues Recording Update

Danish metallers PYRAMAZE — whose current lineup includes ex-ICED EARTH vocalist Matt Barlow — have entered the studio on October 1 in Haderslev, Denmark to begin recording the follow-up to to "Legend of the Bone Carver". The first installment in the band's studio diary can be found at this location...

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LIZZY BORDEN, TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Audio Interviews Available

Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast #21 — featuring interviews with Lizzy Borden and vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (ICED EARTH, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST) conducted by host Bob Nalbandian — is available for download at this location (26 MB). LIZZY BORDEN has just finished filming a video for the song "Tom...

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ICED EARTH: Pro-Shot WACKEN Footage, Video Interview Available

Professionally filmed video footage of ICED EARTH performing the song "Ten Thousand Strong" at this year's Wacken Open Air festival has been posted online. The five-minute clip, which includes a short interview with the group's leader Jon Schaffer, can be viewed below (Note: the footage originally a...

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PRIMORDIAL: Cover Artwork Of 'To The Nameless Dead' Digibook Revealed

Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL will release their sixth album, "To The Nameless Dead", in Europe on November 19 via Metal Blade Records. According to a press release, the group's second CD for Metal Blade "is a timeless statement and an ode to their forefathers which lives and breathes the anci...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman Says He Owes VENOM's CRONOS A 'Lashing': 'He's Nothing But An Old Man'

Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal-Rules.com: DEVILDRIVER was supposed to tour with VENOM last year. How disappointing was that when that got cancelled? Dez: Really bad and really fucking disappointing in the...

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INSOMNIUS DEI To Release Debut In November

INSOMNIUS DEI, the Australian ambient/experimental doom/death project led by Mark Kelson (THE ETERNAL, CRYPTAL DARKNESS),will release its debut album, "Illusions of Silence", on November 19 via the Firebox sub-label Firedoom Music. The CD was recorded at Kelson's No. 13 Studios in Melbourne, Austra...

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NEVERMORE's Cover Of OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Revelation (Mother Earth)' Posted Online

NEVERMORE's cover of OZZY OSBOURNE's "Revelation (Mother Earth)" has been posted at this location. The track was originally recorded during the "This Godless Endeavor" sessions but the vocals weren't completed in time to have the song included as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the CD (as w...

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ATROCITY: 'Todessehnsucht' To Be Reissued With Bonus Track

Metal Mind Productions will re-release ATROCITY's "Todessehnsucht" album on October 15 in Europe and November 5 in the U.S. (via MVD). The digipak edition will be limited to 2,000 numbered copies and will include one bonus track plus liner notes written by the band. The CD was digitally remastered b...

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Former SUM 41 Guitarist Talks About His New 'Balls-Out Metal' Band BROWN BRIGADE

Guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh recently spoke to Canada's MTV about his decision to quit multi-platinum pop-punk act SUM 41 and focus on his "balls-to-the-walls metal" side project BROWN BRIGADE. Watch the interview below. Speaking to Dose.ca of time he decided to leave SUM 41, Baksh said, "Hones...

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Death is this Communion

Another in a recent batch of strong discs reviewed this week, HIGH ON FIRE's "Death is this Communion" sees the band expanding its sound, if only slightly, but continuing to serve up its patented smoke-billowing locomotive metal. The disc is the trio's most varied to date, weaving atmospheric elemen...

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Chapter Two

I didn't get too into the first VIKING SKULL record because of songs like "Unholy Ground" — swaggering cock-rockin' boogie numbers with phlegmy and strained vocals from one Roddy Stone, a roadie for RAGING SPEEDHORN (the band originally featured another roadie, Waldie, on bass, and members of that b...

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PYRAMAZE To Enter Studio This Week

Danish metallers PYRAMAZE — whose current lineup includes ex-ICED EARTH vocalist Matt Barlow — will enter the studio on October 1 in Haderslev, Denmark to begin recording the follow-up to to "Legend of the Bone Carver". According to the group, "The band is on fire, and ready to create another epic p...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH: 'Bombshell From Hell' Video Posted Online

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former longtime ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, has completed filming the music video for its first single from the upcoming "Sleaze Freak" album, entitled "Bombshell from Hell". The clip, which was produced and directed by Ron Najor of The Buzz, can be viewed below...