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SHINING Frontman: We Are Not A Political Band

Vocalist Niklas "Kvarforth" Olsson of Swedish black metallers SHINING has issued the following update: "In the last couple of days, pictures of me 'partying' with some fans somewhere in Europe have been circulating on the net. And on a couple of them I make an impression of a German soldier doing th...

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ARCH ENEMY Confirmed For Austria's SUMMER NIGHTS OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have been confirmed for the Summer Nights Open Air festival, set to take place May 22-24 at Burg Frauentstein in Mining am Inn, Austria. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED ARCH ENEMY BEHEMOTH BELPHEGOR CALLEJON DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITE...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION: 'The Harvest Floor' E-Card Available

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION will release their new album, "The Harvest Floor", on January 20 in North America; January 30 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy; and February 2 throughout the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records. An e-card for the album can be found at this...

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DESPISED ICON: Video From 'Montreal Assault' DVD Posted Online

Montreal extreme metallers DESPISED ICON will release their first DVD, "Montreal Assault Live", on January 27 via Century Media. The disc features a "stellar" multi-camera shoot from the band's sold-out hometown show, alongside a new hour-long documentary and all of the band's promotional video clip...

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SLAYER: Video Interview With TOM ARAYA Posted Online

Cristiane Richardson, a Brazilian who presents the weekly heavy metal radio show "Sonic Attack" from London, conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya on October 31, 2008 when the band visited the U.K. as part of the "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" tour with MASTODON, TRIVIUM and...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: New Video Interview With BOBBY THOMPSON Available

BVTV has posted "raw interview footage" (unedited) from its recent interview with guitarist Bobby Thompson of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY. Watch the chat below. JOB FOR A COWBOY vocalist Jonny Davy was recently interviewed by Way Too Loud! A couple of excerpts from the chat follow bel...

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DRAGONFORCE: New Audio Interview With FRÉDÉRIC LECLERCQ Available

Bassist Frédéric Leclercq of British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE was a guest on this past Saturday's (December 13) edition of "Maximum Threshold". The interview is now available for streaming at this location. "Ultra Beatdown", the new album from DRAGONFORCE, sold 24,000 copies in the U...

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THICK AS BLOOD Recording New Album

Miami, Florida hardcore act THICK AS BLOOD is currently at the Machine Shop studios (LAMB OF GOD, EVERY TIME I DIE, EIGHTEEN VISIONS) in Weehawken, New Jersey recording its new album, "Embrace", which is due to hit the streets on March 2009. Will Putney is producing this new album which is the follo...

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A HILL TO DIE UPON Signs With BOMBWORKS RECORDS

Bombworks Records has announced the signing of A HILL TO DIE UPON. The band will releasing debut full-length album in June 2009. It will be recorded by Kevin Rendleman at Trash Rocket Studios in Peoria, Illinois and mixed by Eric Tordsson (CRIMSON MOONLIGHT) at Dark Chamber Studios. Hailing from Mon...

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ABADDON INCARNATE Signs With METAL AGE PRODUCTIONS

Irish death/grind act ABADDON INCARNATE has issued the following update: "Firstly, we are happy to announce we have just signed a three-album deal with Metal Age Productions from Slovakia joing our friends DESECRATION and PUTREFY along with bands such as AVULSED, ENTHRALLMENT, FLESHLESS, SUPREME PAI...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist's HDK: Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

HDK (formerly HATE DEATH KILL),the Dutch project led by AFTER FOREVER co-founder, main songwriter and guitarist Sander Gommans, will release its debut album, "System Overload", on February 23 in Europe and on April 21 in North America via France's Season of Mist. The track listing is as follows: 01...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Begins Writing New Material

Bassist Dan Briggs of the Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has issued the following update: "As most of you know, we finished up our U.S. run for 'Colors' last weekend with four shows with some of our good North Carolina friends' bands. We then pr...

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MEGADETH Drummer Shoots Down GIGANTOUR Rumors

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has shot down rumors that AVENGED SEVENFOLD and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE are in talks to take part in next year's North American Gigantour — the acclaimed traveling heavy music festival launched by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. Posting in the "Forums" section of the ba...

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CALIBAN: New Album Title Revealed

German metalcore act CALIBAN has set "Say Hello To Tragedy" as the title of its seventh album, tentatively due in March/April 2009 via an as-yet-undisclosed label. The band says, "With the new songs, we are taking things to the next level from 'The Awakening' [2007] just in a more extreme way! We no...