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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion': New EARACHE Collection Due In April

Earache Records will release a six-CD collection, entitled "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion", on April 23. Headbang away to over 100 all-out blistering tracks on six separate discs, featuring Earache's own genre-defining, groundbreaking artists. The set will be priced only £9.99 (U.K.) or $15.98 (U....

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DEVIN TOWNSEND's Ziltoid Album Due This Summer

Devin Townsend's (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) wife Tracy has issued the following newsletter from Devin's record label, HevyDevy Records: "Well, one thing that any Devin fan knows is that ideas change and grow. Last issue we reported: 'Also occupying his time in the past month has been...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE In Studio With Producer ZEUSS

Richmond's thrash monsters MUNICIPAL WASTE are currently in Planet Z studios in Massachusetts working on their as-yet-untitled new album, due on June 11 via Earache Records. The band's frontman, Tony Foresta, reports from the studio: "We're at Zeuss' studio, it's super laid back and we're having a g...

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SEPULTURA To Perform With J.B.O. At Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser checks in from the band's European tour: "March 18, 2007: Right now we are in Germany touring for our latest album 'Dante XXI' with a new drummer named Jean Dollabella [who] is doing an awesome job. We are playing with a lot of passion and motivation, the set list...

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Report: THE END RECORDS' Heavy Metal Makeover

David Whitford of Fortune Small Business magazine reports: Never before in the history of the planet has there been so much music floating around, of all kinds and easily accessible. Thanks to iTunes and its cousins, from YouTube (great for live concert clips) and MySpace (unsigned bands) to satelli...

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WHITESNAKE: '1987: 20 Anniversary Collector's Edition' Details Revealed

EMI has set a May 31 North American release date for WHITESNAKE's "1987: 20 Anniversary Collector's Edition". This collector's edition CD and DVD, released to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary, is beautifully packaged in a fold-out digipack with PVC slipcase with extensive sleeve notes written...

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ROYAL HUNT Launches Vocalist Search

Danish hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have launched a vocalist search following the recent departure of John West. All applicants must meet the following criteria: 01. You must be an energetic frontman with an adequate image 02. You must be technically able to perform any of the songs from RH's back catalo...

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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK: 'Our Current President Has Created A Disaster For The Country'

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO/TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: In hindsight, what was the final catalyst that prompted you to step away from the heavy metal genre? Alex: "Well, there were a few things...

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The Novella Reservoir

Doom metal purists, never friends to this powerful U.S. band anyway, will be especially incensed upon the release of "The Novella Reservoir". On this, their sixth album, NOVEMBERS DOOM evolves further away from the tenets of the genre that birthed them, and embraces more fully their own unique and c...

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SENTENCED: 'Frozen' To Be Released On 'Iceclear Splateer' Vinyl

NightOfTheVinylDead.com will release SENTENCED's 1998 album, "Frozen", on limited-edition iceclear splateer vinyl. Due on March 19, the 500 hand-numbered copies feature the following track listing: Side A: 01. Kaamos 02. Farewell 03. Dead Leaves 04. For The Love I Bear 05. One With Misery 06. The Su...

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ROYAL HUNT Parts Ways With Singer JOHN WEST

Danish/American hard rock act ROYAL HUNT has issued the following statement: "ROYAL HUNT and John West [vocals] have decided that at this time (after numerous albums and concert tours) they are no longer able to contribute creatively to each other's future musical development. It's been a hell of a...

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DIAMOND HEAD Members To Take Part In Online Chat

Guitarist Brian Tatler and drummer Karl Wilcox from NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD will chat live in the TrueMetal.it chat room on Wednesday, March 21 between 22.00 and 24.00 Italian time (21.00 - 23.00 GMT) If you have any questions for Tatler and Wilcox, or just want...

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Blood of the Black Owl

Describing BLOOD OF THE BLACK OWL's self-titled debut as "blackened doom" is not inaccurate but does not tell the whole story. With plenty of the suffocating heaviness of funeral doom, yet not reaching the muddy bottom of an act like CATABOMBS, and mining some of the same accents and majestic sliver...

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DEMIRICOUS To Enter Studio Next Week

Guitarist Ben Parrish of the Indianapolis-based death/thrash metal band DEMIRICOUS has issued the following update: "Next week will start the beginning of serious madness. We're gearing up to hit the studio to record the follow up to '06 Metal Blade release 'One (Hellbound)' with acclaimed producer...

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ONESIDEZERO: New Album Pushed Back To June

The official release date for ONESIDEZERO's self-titled sophomore CD has been pushed back to June 5. The band's official explanation reads as follows: "We regret to inform everyone that we have decided to push back our release date a few weeks to June 5th. As many of you might know, our original rel...