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VICIOUS ART Cancel Swedish Gig, Announce Norwegian Appearance

VICIOUS ART, the new Swedish death/thrash band featuring former DARK FUNERAL members Matias Mäkelä and Robert Lundin, along with Jörgen Sandström (THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE) on bass, were forced to cancel ther previously announced show in Västerås, Sweden after "Jörgen got stomache sick a...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM To Appear At SWEDISH METAL EXPO

According to a post on the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes-Of-Bodom.com, the band will be appearing at this year's Swedish Metal Expo, which will be held August 26-27 at Fryshuset in Stockholm. No further details are currently available. As previously reported, CHILDREN OF BODOM have finished rec...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Issues Post-Asia-Pacific Tour Update

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Well, here is the post Asian Pacific tour post. "Upon arriving to Japan, I had told the boys, whom by now I hope you will agree deserve not to be compared to anyone in the past ....

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Complete Drum Tracks For New Album

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM have finished recording the drum tracks for their new album, tentatively due in September via Spinefarm Records. "Now the band will start working with guitar and bass tracks," reads a posting on the group's web site. "Recordings should be ready by the end of May!"...

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IN BATTLE Part Ways With COLD RECORDS, Seek New Label Home

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have officially parted way with Cold Records. The band are currently seeking a new label home prior to the release of their fourth album, "Terrorkings". IN BATTLE recently completed a pre-production recording at Epidemic studio in Sundsvall and are p...

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CONQUEST Complete Work On New EP

St. Louis, Missouri-based metallers CONQUEST have completed work on their first release in three years, entitled "First Blood". The four-song EP, due on May 3, features two tracks that begin a conceptual biblical story of truth and fiction that intertwines tales of the beginning of civilization and...

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CHIMAIRA: New Songs To Feature More 'Epic' Vibe

The Cleveland Scene has published an article about the making of the new CHIMAIRA album, tentatively due July 26 via Roadrunner Records. With peers and former tourmates like SHADOWS FALL, LAMB OF GOD, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE all notching breakout albums that soared past 150,000 in sales, expectations...

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Germany's DONG OPEN AIR FESTIVAL: Final Running Order Announced

The final bands and running order for this year's Dong Open Air Festival have been confirmed. The festival is going to take place on July 15-16 in Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany. Advance tickets cost 16 euros and tickets from the box office cost 19 euros. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Fr...

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BIOHAZARD: New Album Details Revealed

SPV Records has set an August 30 U.S. release date (one day earlier internationally) for the new BIOHAZARD album, "Means to an End". The complete track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. My Life, My Way 02. The Fire Burns Inside 03. Killing To Be Free 04. Filled With Hate 05. Devotion 06. ...

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Discusses Feud With Web Site Over 'Covers' CD Review

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott recently gave an interview to JamesonChronocles regarding his recent "war of words" with MelodicRock.com webmaster Andrew McNeice over McNeice's early review of the band's upcoming "covers" album — a review that Elliott claims was based on an "unfinished," "work-in-p...

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POWERMAN 5000: New Album Update

POWERMAN 5000 are in the middle of a U.S. tour aimed at getting fans ready for a new as-yet-untitled album, which will be completed at Mad Oak Studios in frontman Spider One's hometown of Boston, MA during a brief hiatus from the tour after their April 17 show in Revere, MA. A majority of the ...

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NINE INCH NAILS: 'String Tribute to Pretty Hate Machine' Due This Month

Vitamin Records has set an April 19 release date for the NINE INCH NAILS tribute CD entitled "String Tribute to Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine". A description of the release follows: "'The String Quartet Tribute to Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine' lets us look at NIN's multilayered, compl...

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KAYSER: Former SPIRITUAL BEGGARS Frontman To Release New Album

KAYSER, the new Swedish band featuring Spice (ex-SPIRITUAL BEGGARS),Mattias Svensson (THE DEFACED),Bob Ruben (ex-THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND) and Fredrik Finnander (ex-AEON),have completed work on their debut album, "Kaiserhof", due on June 13 via Scarlet Records. "Kaiserhof" was recorded at Caesar s...

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Prophets of Doom

I appreciate PRO-PAIN for always delivering what I expect it too: hardcore-based metal that's a swift kick to the teeth. It's a double-edged sword for the band, as folks like myself enjoy the unbridled assault and battery, while others tend to criticize the quartet for keeping it predictable. As muc...

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Hate.Malice.Revenge

Much is made of the mixing of hardcore and death or thrash metal, the term "metalcore" being beaten into the ground by critics and fans alike. At some point, you've got to look at it as nothing more than a band's influences coming together and being realized through the music that is created. I happ...