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SODOM Discusses Thrash Metal: Video Available

The makers of "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, have posted a video clip featuring German thrashers SODOM talking about thrash metal and punk rock. Check it out at this...

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Guitarist JESPER STRÖMBLAD: 'I Have Not Quit IN FLAMES'

DIMENSION ZERO — the Swedish band featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass),ex-MARDUK vocalist Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — has begun recording its third album, tentatively due in early 2007. We spent th...

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MADBALL Frontman To Showcase Hip Hop Side At London Gig

MADBALL frontman Freddy Cricien has been added to the bill of Brooklyn death-rapper NECRO's premiere European appearance at The Scala, Kings Cross, London on January 11, 2007. Freddy will take time off from setting the world on fire as vocalist with New York hardcore pioneers MADBALL to showcase his...

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DIMMU BORGIR Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9, 2007 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AXEL RUDI PELL BLACK OAK ARKANSAS BLIND GUARDIAN CIRCUS MAXIMUS DI...

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DEFTONES Frontman In Pre-Production With WILL HAVEN

According to MTV.com, DEFTONES singer Chino Moreno is in pre-production in Los Angeles with hardcore-metal band WILL HAVEN. In February, the group will begin recording at Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida. The yet-untitled disc is due in late spring or early summer via Bieler Bros. Reco...

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Report: Officer Facing Charge After Hardcore Concert Arrest

J.J. Huggins of Sentinel & Enterprise reports that a Leominster, Massachusetts police officer is facing a charge of assault and battery in connection with the arrest of a band member after a brawl at a hardcore/punk concert in August, Police Chief Peter Roddy confirmed Wednesday. Officer Michael...

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TIAMAT Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

TIAMAT has been confirmed for the 12th edition of Belgium's largest metal festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 22-24, 2007 in Dessel. TIAMAT will perform on Saturday, June 23. "Last time we pierced our nipples, got naked and pissed drunk," said TIAMAT mainman Johan Edlund. "Should...

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CONVERGE: 'No Heroes' Video Posted Online

CONVERGE's video for the song "No Heroes" has been posted online at this location. The track is the title cut of the Salem, Massachusetts-based hardcore/metal band's latest album, "No Heroes", which was released in October via Epitaph Records. CONVERGE recently cancelled several dates on its U.S. to...

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EVERGREY To Embark On First-Ever Eastern European Tour

Swedish metallers EVERGREY will embark on their first Eastern European tour in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 11 - Nitra, SK - Stara Pekaren Jan. 12 - Budapest, HUN - Kultiplex Jan. 14 - Larissa, GRE - Live Music House Jan. 15 - Plovdiv, BUL - Geo Milev Hall Jan. 17 - Sofia, ...

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DERRICK GREEN Says MAX CAVALERA's SEPULTURA 'Reunion' Talk Is 'Kind Of Bizarre'

Washington D.C.'s Express recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Express: How's the [U.S.] tour going? Green: Crazy. It's been crazy good [Laughs]. It's been very different to be back in the U.S. — to be here finally. It's taken a...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Seeks Keyboard Player

Phoenix-based extreme metal band ABIGAIL WILLIAMS is in need of a keyboard player for its upcoming U.S. tour with DARK FUNERAL and ENSLAVED. Submissions will be taken via email at [email protected]. The band will provide all applicants with keyboard tablature once they've accepted your ini...

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EVERGREY Begins Work On New Album

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have returned to their rehearsal studios to prepare their next studio album. The band is tentatively scheduled to begin recording the follow-up to this year's "Monday Morning Apocalypse" in February for a May 2007 release. Commented guitarist/vocalist Tom S. Englund, "So f...

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BRUTAL TRUTH, PIG DESTROYER Confirmed For LOS ANGELES MURDERFEST VERSION 3.0

The Church of the 8th Day has announced BRUTAL TRUTH and PIG DESTROYER as its first two confirmed headliners for the Los Angeles Murderfest Version 3.0, slated for March 24-25, 2007 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. This will be the exclusive West Coast date as well as one of the two...

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Friends Family Forever

I remember being thoroughly impressed with Boston's DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR opening a show for FULL BLOWN CHAOS and AGNOSTIC FRONT, as well as thinking that I really must pick up an album. I never did end up with a release from the hardcore savages, so getting a re-issue of the band's first EP is a .....

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Suck Out the Poison

The first thing that strikes you about HE IS LEGEND is the unexpected sound of Schuyler Croom's melodic vocals — a little hoarse, kinda bluesy, he doesn't sound a damn thing like you'd expect a modern metal singer to. (Nerdy-critic reference #1: he bears an uncanny resemblance to the guy from ATOMIC...