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TEXTURES: Performance, Behind-The-Scenes Footage From LOWLANDS Festival Available
Professionally filmed video footage of Dutch progressive/extreme metallers TEXTURES performing the song "Regeniesis" at this year's Lowlands festival, which was held August 15-17 in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands can be viewed at 3voor12. TEXTURES has posted the first episode of its podcast featurin...September 9, 2008
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SHADOWS FALL Frontman On Upcoming Election
Alternative Press magazine recently asked vocalist Brian Fair of the Massachusetts metal band SHADOWS FALL: What issue is most important to you this election and why? His response follows below. "It has been really difficult for me to feel comfortable with this election. It might be some lingering a...September 8, 2008
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THE BLINDING LIGHT Announces New Label Home
Sioux Falls, South Dakota/Lawrence, Kansas-based hardcore/metal band THE BLINDING LIGHT has inked a deal with Init Records for the release of its new album entitled "June Bug". The CD will feature artwork by Aaron Horkey and is slated for a late fall/early winter release. With two solid releases thr...September 8, 2008
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Ultra Beatdown
Did DRAGONFORCE's "Inhuman Rampage" really sell 300,000 copies? I'm stunned, and not because I think the band's extreme/melodic power metal isn't worthy; it's just that I would have never imagined any strain of power metal meeting with that level of sales success. Regardless, as indicated in my revi...September 8, 2008
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Ruination
Dubbed "working-class, beer-drinking metal" by the band on its MySpace page, the description of "Ruination" by New Jersey's ABACINATE doesn't tell much about the style heard on the disc, but I've no reason to disbelieve that the boys are working class, drink beer, and play/listen to metal. More accu...September 8, 2008
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DRAGONFORCE Interviewed On FUSE's 'No. 1 Countdown'; Video Available
Sami from Fuse TV's "No. 1 Countdown" show recently conducted an interview with guitarists Sam Totman and Herman Li from the British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE. Watch the chat in two parts below. "Ultra Beatdown", the new album from DRAGONFORCE, has registered the following first-week...September 7, 2008
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CATTLE DECAPITATION Frontman Talks About Upcoming Album
Vile Noise recently conducted an interview with vocalist Travis Ryan of the San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Vile Noise: What's the main inspiration for the lyrics on the upcoming record? Travis: Well, it was obvious at the beginning of the...September 6, 2008
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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers To Guest On 'Friday Night Rocks'
Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will be the featured guests on Eddie Trunk's "Frida...September 6, 2008
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HINDER: 'Use Me' Video Available
"Use Me", the new video from HINDER, can be viewed on YouTube. The clip was directed by Wayne Isham, who has a long video history working with METALLICA, QUEENSRŸCHE, JUDAS PRIEST, OZZY OSBOURNE, MÖTLEY CRÜE, BON JOVI, and DOKKEN, among others. HINDER has unveiled a new widget that will be featuring...September 5, 2008
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DANZIG: Band Lineup Announced For 20th Anniversary Tour
DANZIG's lineup for its 20th anniversary tour as part of this year's "Blackest of the Black" trek — which includes DIMMU BORGIR, MOONSPELL, WINDS OF PLAGUE and SKELETONWITCH — will be as follows: Glenn Danzig - Vocals Tommy Victor (PRONG) - Guitar Steve Zing - Bass Johnny Kelly (TYPE O NEGATIVE) – D...September 5, 2008
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FLOWING TEARS: New Song Posted Online
German female-fronted gothic metallers FLOWING TEARS have made a new song entitled "Colossal Shaped Despair" available for streaming on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Thy Kingdom Gone", due on October 20 via Ascendance Records, the new label funded by Lee Barrett (fo...September 5, 2008
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DOMAIN Putting Finishing Touches On New Album
German metallers DOMAIN are continuing to work on their ninth album, entitled "The Chronicles of Love, Hate and Sorrow". Producer and guitarist Axel "Ironfinger" Ritt is holed up at the Meadow Studios in Darmstadt, Germany putting the finishing touches to the metal opera, which is based on the novel...September 4, 2008
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CATTLE DECAPITATION: More Footage From Recording Studio Posted Online
San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION are currently mixing their fourth album with producer Billy Anderson for an early 2009 release on Metal Blade Records. This will mark the band's fourth release through Metal Blade and is taking shape as a natural progression for the band musically and...September 4, 2008
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THE BLINDING LIGHT Completes Work On New Album
Sioux Falls, South Dakota/Lawrence, Kansas-based hardcore/metal band THE BLINDING LIGHT has completed work on its new album entitled "June Bug". The exact release date and label details have not yet been confirmed. With two solid releases through Deathwish Inc., THE BLINDING LIGHT's new CD "is sure...September 4, 2008
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AVULSED: New Song Posted Online
Veteran Spanish death metallers AVULSED have issued the following update: "After having participated in the killer second Death Feast open air in Germany and headlined the eighth Metal Mania open air in Slovenia together with EXODUS and IMPALED NAZARENE, AVULSED is ready for one more festival (as he...September 3, 2008
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