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From Hate Incarnated

The guys at Mighty Music like a certain kind of death metal — they like deep, guttural vocals, they like intense blast beats, they like churning riffs and rhythms, and they like vein-busting intensity. Before the label went on hiatus in 2003, one of their biggest signings was INIQUITY, a band that b...

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NIGHTWISH: More 'Dark Passion Play' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

NIGHTWISH's new album, "Dark Passion Play", has achieved the following first-week chart positions around the world: #1 - Germany #1 - Finland #1 - Switzerland #1 - Hungary #1 - Croatia #1 - Czech Republic #4 - Sweden #5 - Austria #5 - Netherlands #5 - Greece #6 - France #7 - Norway #14 - ...

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Drummer NICK BARKER Comments On TESTAMENT Departure

British drummer Nick Barker (CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR) has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding his departure from the veteran San Francisco Bay Area metal band TESTAMENT: "As you all know after yesterday's post here on Blabbermouth.net, I am with great disappointment...

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NIGHTWISH To Be Joined By JOHN TWO-HAWKS For Texas Shows

John Two-Hawks, a Native American hailing from Arkansas, will appear on stage with NIGHTWISH at the following U.S. dates: Nov. 10 - The White Rabbit - San Antonio, Texas Nov. 11 - The Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, Texas John Two-Hawks is a multi-instrumentalist who is devoted to spreading the culture...

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DIESEL MACHINE Bassist Releases New AMERICAN AFTERMATH Track

DIESEL MACHINE bassist Rich Gonzales, who nearly lost his life after broadsiding a car while riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in August 2002, has issued the following update: "My other band AMERICAN AFTERMATH just posted a sick new song on MySpace. It's called 'Scars and Stripes', about Iraqi w...

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BLACK TIDE: New Album Title Announced

Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) has set "Light from Above" as the title of its debut album, due in early 2008 via Interscope Records. The CD was recorded with producer Johnny K (DISTURBED, MACHINE HEAD, SOIL) and will include the track "Shockwave", which can be heard...

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SOILWORK Singer Is 'Thrilled' To Take Part In Upcoming KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LAMB OF GOD Tour

Swedish metallers SOILWORK have commented on their participation in the upcoming North American tour co-headlined by LAMB OF GOD and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (also featuring DEVILDRIVER) Says singer Björn Strid: "We are thrilled to be on this tour which we think is the best tour package to hit the states f...

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MINISTRY Mainman Talks About 'Wicked Lake' Movie Soundtrack

Chris Rolls of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com: You mentioned that you were branching out to try your own hand at film work and what have you, which I know is not entirely foreign to you. So what can ...

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Xecutioner's Return

Simple to the point of atavism, and crackling with more energy than the band's been able to muster up in at least a decade, "Xecutioner's Return" is pretty much exactly what OBITUARY fans were hoping it'd be. It's a bone-basic tour de force of old-school death metal infused with a bleeding organic g...

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FLOODGATE: 'Penalty' Reissue To Include Bonus Tracks

Metal Mind Productions will issue a remastered edition of FLOODGATE's "Penalty" and album in Europe on September 10 (October 30 in the U.S. via MVD). The CD will be available in a new digipack edition on golden disc, digitally remastered using 24-bit technology, limited to a hand-numbered 2,000 copi...

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SOIL: Rare B-Side Available For Download

SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass has issued the following update: "We are knee-deep in writing new music for the next album, so no shows for a while — sorry!! But we wanted to give all the junkies some stuff to tide you all over, so here is the new re-launched MySpace SOIL site. We ...

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Full Circle

It is difficult not to feel for a band that lost a member in Dave Williams so tragically, especially after such a rapid ascendancy to the top of the modern hard rock world with "Sinner". Replacing a singer with Williams' all-around presence is a near impossibility and though I've not heard sophomore...

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BLACK TIDE To Play OZZFEST's Main Stage Beginning This Friday

Although no official announcement has yet been made, Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) appears to have been granted a main-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest beginning on August 10 in Tinley Park, Illinois. As you may recall, BLACK TIDE was originally tapped to replace C...

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DROWNING POOL Comes 'Full Circle' On Third CD

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: DROWNING POOL issues its third album on Tuesday (August 7),titled "Full Circle". The disc also introduces the band's third lead singer, former SOIL frontman Ryan McCombs. DROWNING POOL's original vocalist, Dave Williams, died of a heart d...

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BLACK TIDE Too Young For OZZFEST

Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) won't be replacing CIRCUS DIABLO on Ozzfest after all. Turns out the band has been removed from the billing of this year's traveling festival because its members are not old enough to drink Jägermeister, which is sponsoring Ozzfest's se...