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The Truth

More often than not a band's claims of its new album being both heavier and more melodic than a highly regarded predecessor equates to nothing more than a steaming pile of donkey dung. In the case of BLEEDING THROUGH's "The Truth", the claim is basically truthful. One could argue whether it is heavi...

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YOUR EYES MY DREAMS: Spreading The Word Of Christ While Playing Music They Love

Dover, Delaware-based Christian hardcore/metal band YOUR EYES MY DREAMS have signed a deal with Indianola Records. The band are currently recording their debut record with CENTURY's Carson Slovak at Aurora Studios. The 11-track effort, entitled "Weapons are Useless", is due out May 23, 2006. Accordi...

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Malaysian Black Metal Concert Organizer Denies Planning Activities Against Islam

Malaysian national news agency Bernama.com has issued the following report: The organizer of the black metal "Battle of the Bands" concert at the Negeri Sembilan Ceylonese Association Hall that was raided by police last Saturday, Friday denied that they were planning activities that contravened the...

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VINNIE PAUL's Attorney: 'Inadequate Security' At Columbus Club Led To DIMEBAG's Death

Attorney Gerald Leeseberg, who represents "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's brother/bandmate, DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul, DAMAGEPLAN tour manager Chris Paluska and drum tech John Brooks, has confirmed to MTV.com that the trio have filed a lawsuit against the Columbus, Ohio, club where Dimebag was kille...

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IMPALED NAZARENE Finish Recording New Album

Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have finished recording their ninth studio album, "Pro Patria Finlandia", at Sonic Pump studio with producer Tapio Pennanen and will mix the CD in January. The album will be mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studios for a tentative March 28, 2006 release...

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Method of Execution

Jason Blachowicz (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) encountered some bumps in the road, including the demise of Olympic Recordings and some good old shit-slinging, but he still managed to deliver DIVINE EMPIRE's fourth album, "Method of Execution". At 58 minutes, the disc is chock full of raging Florida death...

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'Heavy Metal In The Country': German Documentary To Air In February

A brand-new documentary focusing on Nuclear Blast Records, one of the world's most successful independent heavy metal record companies, and its founder, Markus Staiger, is scheduled to air on February 2, 2006 on the European channel Arte. Dubbed "Heavy Metal in the Country", the film's synopsis read...

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AUDIOSLAVE Drummer: 'People Are Finally Realizing That GEORGE BUSH Is A Scam'

Nuvo recently conducted an interview with AUDIOSLAVE drummer Brad Wilk. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Nuvo: There's so much contradictory press about the band, and so much speculation about the origins of the band. Wilk: What do you mean? Nuvo: Well, I'm looking at this one Web site and...

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TIDFALL: 'Future Brings Many Things'

Norwegian black metallers TIDFALL have posted the following message on their official web site: "This will be a final update for a while. Not forever, but for the time beeing we have not any plans and/or projects with TIDFALL to broadcast. Several of us are so tied up on a personal level with things...

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Hellfire

As soon as the demonic yell of "Hellfire!" announces the beginning of 1349's third full-length album, something immediately tells you that Norway's upper-tier black metal horde has come of age. There's a confidence and stylistic presence on "Hellfire" that sets it apart from its worthy predecessors,...

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MARILYN MANSON: 'Finding Out Who You Are Is How You Make Art'

Spin magazine recently published an exclusive interview with MARILYN MANSON. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Spin: How different is the career you've had from the one you envisioned back in Florida in the late '80s? Marilyn Manson: "I can't say I envisioned how it would turn out precisely, bu...

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What to do at Time of Accident…

Throw open the gates to your fragile psyche and let the daring instrumental bliss of New York's HESTON RIFE wreak havoc. I had doubted the entertainment value of instrumental rock albums in the past (even after PELICAN taught me a lesson),only to take the plunge and discover the many treasures cont...

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Seven Seals

Let's get right to the point. Germany's PRIMAL FEAR are about to release the finest album of its career. This is no JUDAS PRIEST tribute album and you'll hear nothing like the scream of "Metal is forreeevvveeerrr!" from last year's "Devil's Ground". That does not mean that the PRIEST influence is no...

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Once Was Not

It has taken a while for Canadian death metal techsters CRYPTOPSY to get back on track after the departure of Mike DiSalvo. The last studio album was 2000's "And Then You'll Beg", after which vocalist Martin LaCroix entered the picture, lasting long enough to perform on concert LP "None so Live" and...

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VIRGIN BLACK Continuing Work On New Album

Australian symphonic gothic metal act VIRGIN BLACK are hard at work on new material which will serve as the follow-up to the well-received 2003 offering, "Elegant...and Dying". "The largest piece of the puzzle to be unearthed thus far is the revelation that they have just finished recording with the...