Search results for 'brutal truth'
News
No Truth To Rumors Of SLASH Gear Ban At GUNS N' ROSES Concert
According to Pollstar.com, there appears to be no truth to the rumor that fans wearing T-shirts depicting former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash were to turn the shirts inside out if they wanted admittance to the band's concert in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada last Wednesday. Several media outlets claim...January 26, 2010
News
TESTAMENT To Perform Entire 'The Legacy' Album On MEGADETH/EXODUS Tour
MEGADETH will join forces with TESTAMENT and EXODUS for a month-long North American tour that will find these thrash titans crisscrossing the nation on the "Rust in Peace" 20th anniversary tour. These will be incredibly special shows that will delight Megadeth fans, as the band will be playing its l...January 25, 2010
News
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Signs European Deal With ROADRUNNER RECORDS
Roadrunner Records has re-signed guitar legend Zakk Wylde's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY exclusively for the European territory. The band's as-yet-untitled studio album is due for release this summer. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is preparing to enter Zakk's newly completed mountain-top recording studio to record its...January 25, 2010
News
EVOCATION Prepares To Record New Album
Swedish death metallers EVOCATION have issued the following update: "It's January 2010 and it's cold, dark and kinda depressive. This is the perfect conditions for us to start recording our full-length #3, which is also once again going to be released by the mighty Cyclone Empire in the fall this ye...January 24, 2010
Review
Skepsis
On 2007's "Malice", THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD had truly arrived and came into its own as a lethal modern death metal machine. Save for very slight traces of 'core here and there, mostly due to a certain, somewhat deceptive, "sound" that has been developed by a new generation of death metal musici...January 23, 2010
Review
Recordings 89-91
If you have read Daniel Ekeroth's outstanding book "Swedish Death Metal", then you know that NIRVANA 2002 was given high praise by the author as one of the very first bands — along with the likes of NIHILIST — that dove head first into the creation of the now renowned sound. That high praise is ...January 23, 2010
Review
Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering
Whether brutal deathcore or just plain brutal death, the UK has been spawning a new breed of young bands these last couple of years that have been blasting and chugging their way out of the underground and into… well… at least a higher part of the underground, sometimes even dwelling just above the...January 23, 2010
Review
Paradise Disintegrates
A hot meal of meat and potatoes is fine until it has been served every single day of the week. "Paradise Disintegrates" by Australia's NEW BLOOD is 18 minutes of workmanlike brutal death with a fair amount of arrangement variety that the completist may enjoy, but even then one would be hard pressed...January 23, 2010
News
DIMMU BORGIR Frontman Launches 'The Wrath Of Shag'
Norwegian musician Stian Tomt Thoresen (a.k.a. Shagrath; DIMMU BORGIR, CHROME DIVISION, OV HELL) has launched his first official web site, The Wrath Of Shag. Comments Shagrath: "Due to all the fraudulent Shagrath sites out there, people without their own identity, it has left me no choice but to unv...January 22, 2010
News
CANNIBAL CORPSE, VOIVOD, BRUTAL TRUTH Confirmed For SCION ROCK
CANNIBAL CORPSE, VOIVOD, BRUTAL TRUTH and D.R.I. are among the confirmed bands for the Scion Rock festival, set to take place Saturday, March 13 in Columbus, Ohio. This free event will be held across four different venues (Circus, Skully's, Newport Music Hall, and Bernie's Distillery) along Columbus...January 22, 2010
News
SOREPTION: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
Swedish technical death metallers SOREPTION will release their debut album, "Deterioration Of Minds", on March 3 via Ninetone Records. The CD was recorded, mixed and produced by Tommy Rehn (ANGTORIA) at Sidelake, Ninetone and Blue Oyster Studios. "Deterioration Of Minds" track listing: 01. Suppressi...January 21, 2010
News
PHILIP ANSELMO Says Smoking Pot Helps Him Deal With Severe Nerve Damage In His Leg
DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo has confirmed to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine that the group is currently working on a new album for a summer release. In addition, he has been working with "a shitload of bands" for his Housecore record label, including RED RIVER REVIVAL, EVIL ARMY, haarp (all lower cas...January 21, 2010
News
EXODUS Guitarist Interviewed On 'The Metal File'
Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show online at this location. Nuclear Blast Records has set an April 23 German release date for EXODUS's ninth studio album,...January 21, 2010
News
Former BROKEN HOPE Vocalist Dead At 37
Joe Ptacek, former vocalist of the long-defunct 1990s Illinois death metal band BROKEN HOPE, died last night (Wednesday, January 20) of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 37 years old. Former BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner has released the following statement to BLABBE...January 21, 2010
News
BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, REBELLION Members Join Forces In BRUTAL GODZ
Former/current members of BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE and REBELLION have joined forces in a brand new Germany-based project called BRUTAL GODZ. According to a press release, BRUTAL GODZ' "musical concept is based on energy, cruelty in its purest form without any boundaries." BRUTAL GODZ members...January 21, 2010
Prev 