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WILL HAVEN Announces New Vocalist!

The reunited WILL HAVEN are sad to announce the departure of founding member, vocalist Grady Avenell. Grady will be returning home to focus his energy on his family. WILL HAVEN guitarist Jeff Irwin had the following to say on the matter, "It was a very tough decision for Grady to make but of course,...

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BURY YOUR DEAD To Headline 'Don't Call It A Comeback' Tour

Boston metal/hardcore outfit BURY YOUR DEAD will headline the Don't Call It A Comeback Tour 2007 beginning April 20 in Rochester, New York. Suppoer at the shows will come from SUICIDE SILENCE, STICK TO YOUR GUNS and SINCE THE FLOOD. The dates are as follows: Apr. 20 - Rochester, NY @ Montage Music H...

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ABYSMAL DAWN, NIGHT TERROR, OBSCENE GESTURE Confirmed For LOS ANGELES MURDERFEST VERSION 3.0

ABYSMAL DAWN, NIGHT TERROR and OBSCENE GESTURE are the latest confirmed bands for the Los Angeles Murderfest Version 3.0, set to take place March 24-25 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, March 24: OBITUARY ATHEIST REPULSION DECE...

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GUNNAR NELSON Discusses SCRAP METAL Project

BlastMagazine.net recently conducted an interview with Gunnar Nelson about his SCRAP METAL project, also featuring his brother Matthew Nelson, Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER),Kelly Keagy (NIGHT RANGER) and Eric Martin (MR. BIG). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: BlastMagazine.net: Who came up w...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Begins Work On Full-Length Debut

Having recently completed their first national tour alongside DARK FUNERAL and ENSLAVED, Phoenix-based ABIGAIL WILLIAMS starts work on its full-length debut this week. The band is expected to finish tracking in early April, with the as-yet-untitled album to be mixed and completed by early May. The b...

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SWALLOW THE SUN, DAGOBA, POWERWOLF Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

SWALLOW THE SUN, DAGOBA and POWERWOLF have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIA...

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THE CHARIOT: New Song Posted Online

Atlanta-based technical post hardcore/metal quintet THE CHARIOT has posted a new track, entitled "They Faced Each Other", on its MySpace page. The song holds special importance to the band, as singer Josh Scogin explains: "The choice was really hard, but 'They Faced Each Other' is one of our favorit...

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HAMMERFALL Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL; KATAKLYSM Pulls Out

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Meanwhile, Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have pulled out of the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetica...

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Slaughtered & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture

It has been awhile since the term goregrind was an apt description of Belgium's ABORTED (well, except for the gore part),as the band has honed a particularly chunky, and marginally more melodic, death metal style these last few years. Some grindy characteristics are still present, but you get the g...

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A Symphony of Suffering

It was the fertile swamplands of southern Florida that spawned, among scads of other bands, the groundbreaking NOCTURNUS in the late 1980s. Their use of a full-time keyboardist was controversial at the time, when the instrument was considered a crutch of the sappiest of the hair-farmer acts. Now, of...

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POISONBLACK Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar; formerly of SENTENCED),has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetica...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH...

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SOULFLY Mainman Performs 'Jumpdafuckup' In Russia; Video Available

SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera made a special guest appearance with the popular Russian hardcore group FAQ on January 11, 2007 in Moscow, Russia at the Shadow Club. Cavalera performed "Molotov", "Jumpdafuckup" and the FAQ original track "The Killing Song", to which he also contributed vocals in the st...

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SPUDMONSTERS Reunion Show Scheduled For May

A SPUDMONSTERS reunion show is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 19 at Peabody's concert club in Cleveland, Ohio. Also scheduled to appear is RINGWORM, with other guests to be announced. Tickets go on sale February 23. According to Last.fm, THE SPUDMONSTERS started in 1989 and debuted with a...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary: U.S. Premiere Announced

"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, will have its North American premiere on Sunday, March 11 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the 2007 Texas Rock Fest. This will be a free roofto...