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Midvinterblot

After hearing JUDAS PRIEST and SLAYER, among others, pull this trick recently, a friend and I decided that there was one way to tell when a band officially had become old — not bad, or useless, just preaching to the converted and officially locked into their signature style. Listen to the words — as...

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ONESIDEZERO Guitarist Hopes For SEPULTURA Reunion

Reactivated Los Angeles heavy rockers ONESIDEZERO have posted a new song, entitled "Sleep", at their MySpace page. In other news, ONESIDEZERO guitarist Levon Sultanian has issued the following recap of the band's appearance at the 10th annual D-Low Memorial Festival, which was held August 17 at the...

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FEAR FACTORY Drummer Talks About The Band's Songwriting Process

Simon Milburn of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the response to last year's "Transgression": "I think it's been good. It's been kind of interesting. We've had some reaction from Europe tha...

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A Haunting Curse

There's something manifestly wrong with any metalhead who doesn't bow down to GOATWHORE's charismatic, malevolent assault. These guys string the rotting skin of New Orleans' dark, mean underbelly onto the skeletal framework of early death and black metal — imagine HELLHAMMER if they could play their...

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AS I LAY DYING Frontman Launches HIGH IMPACT RECORDINGS

AS I LAY DYING frontman and avid metalhead Tim Lambesis recently partnered up with Metal Blade Records to start his own imprint label, High Impact Recordings. Hs inaugural signing is the progressive/metal band A LOVE ENDS SUICIDE out of West Covina, California. A LOVE ENDS SUICIDE (ALES) consists of...

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ANTHRAX's SPITZ: ROB ZOMBIE Band And Crew Are 'The Kindest People I Have Ever Encountered'

ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, the ROB ZOMBIE / ANTHRAX [tour] comes to a close and let me say it was quite incredible. John 5, the guitarist for ZOMBIE, as well as all in the band and crew are absolutely the kindest people I have ...

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Headbangers To Protest Mainstream Media Perception

The Hessian Studies Society, self-described as a not-for-profit cultural education apparat dedicated to preserving and promoting the culture of "underground metal," or heavy metal music produced outside the handful of companies that control major record labels and news media, has issued the followin...

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Electric Satisfaction

Like a Gilby Clarke solo record or an ENUFF Z'NUFF career retrospective, CRASH KELLY dredge up pleasant enough associations with their warm, summery hard rock sound. They take as many cues from CHEAP TRICK as from ALICE COOPER, they write songs tailor-made to be championed by the type of radio DJ th...

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The Sickness Within

"Melodic Swedish thrash" is a term that may make your eyes glaze over these days. But two things you should know about HATESPHERE — one, they're Danish. Two, they put a lot more emphasis on the "thrash" than the "melodic" portion of that epithet. HATESPHERE do little in the way of experimentation or...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Video Of New Song Available

A video clip of former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach and his solo band performing a new song, entitled "By Your Side", on Sunday, July 30 at the Wembley Arena in London, England has been posted online at YouTube.com. Bach played the Wembley as the support act for GUNS N' ROSES, whose lead ...

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Former W.A.S.P. Guitarist Joins FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Darrell Roberts has joined FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, the new band featuring former MOTOGRATER vocalist Ivan Moody (Ghost),ex-U.P.O. guitarist Zoltan Bathory, and former DEADSETT bassist Matt Snell. "I will continue to write and record my own material, but when I heard 5FDP,...

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ARCH ENEMY Singer Sounds Off On Vocal Technique, Early Influences And Being A Vegetarian

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them...

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SEVEN WITCHES Guitarist: 'Major' Record Deal On The Table

SEVEN WITCHES guitarist/mainman Jack Frost has issued the following update: "As I'm sure some of you know, I'm not going to be able to join MARSHALL LAW. Believe me when I tell you it's nothing personal on either end; MARSHALL LAW and their fans are great. The fact is that it just came at a ...

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Ex-LOUDMOUTH Frontman Launches METALHEAD

Ex-LOUDMOUTH frontman Bob Feddersen has formed a new band out called METALHEAD. The group's new CD, "Metal Bands Only", is described in a press release as "true to the riff-rock, melodic heavy vocals that put Feddersen on the map with LOUDMOUTH (Hollywood Records) and earned him a gold album for thi...

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National Day Of SLAYER Goes International

The organizers of the "National day of SLAYER" have issued the following press release: "In our pluralistic modern world, it seems like every group gets a holiday or month dedicated to its activities — except metalheads. Responding to the overbearing moralism of the American holiday for Christian pr...