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Reactivated Black Metallers SHINING To Hit The Road, Record New Album
Reactivated Swedish black metallers SHINING have returned! SHINING are now officially allied with the highly repected French record label Osmose Productions, who recently reissued SHINING's first two albums on digipack with bonus tracks. SHINING leader Kvarforth last year announced the death of the...September 15, 2005
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer GENE HOGLAN Checks In
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan (DARK ANGEL, ex-DEATH) has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hey everybody, it's your big buddy Gene here, here to give all of you a long-awaited update! An UPDATE, you say? On a STRAPPING site? Can you believe it? As of this writ...September 13, 2005
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DESTRUCTION Frontman: PIGGY 'Will Stay In My Metal Heart Forever'
DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "I feel really sad, empty and distraught about the too early loss of VOIVOD guitar player Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour! "Another pioneer of metal has le...August 29, 2005
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SACRIFICE: 'Torment In Fire' Reissue With Bonus CD Now Available
Brazil's Marquee Records has jus re-released the debut album from legendary Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE, entitled "Torment in Fire". It comes as a double CD in a limited-edition hand-numbered slipcase and contains a massive booklet with liner notes by Laurent Ramadier, live pictures and personal co...July 5, 2005
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Punk Rock Tribute To VENOM Now Available
A new VENOM tribute album has been made available through Madskull Records. Entitled "Mayhem Without Mercy - A Hardcore Punkrock Tribute To Venom", the album features punk bands paying homage to the black metal pioneers. The complete track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. THE FELCHERS - Mayhem...June 21, 2005
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The Process of Elimination
Is it just me or has there been an upsurge in the number of grindcore bands making the genre more creative and exciting, while still keeping it dangerous and monstrously heavy? "The Process of Elimination" may not be the dementia inducing, creative tour de force that is CEPHALIC CARNAGE's "Anomalies...June 20, 2005
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MEGADETH: 'Greatest Hits' Package Essay Posted Online
MEGADETH's publicists, The Mitch Schneider Organization (MSO),have posted the "package essay" written by the director of "The Decline of Western Civilization" documentary series, Penelope Spheeris, for the group's upcoming "Greatest Hits: Back to the Start" collection, due on June 28. It reads as f...June 19, 2005
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ELVENKING Begin Mixing New Album
Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING are currently at Sonic Pump Studios in Finland mixing their third album for a late 2005 release via AFM Records. "Everything's going great as we've nearly finished the first song," the band write on their web site. "Sonic Pump will surely become one the bigges...June 14, 2005
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DARKEST HOUR And TURMOIL Confirmed For North Carolina's GATOR'S AFTERMATH
DARKEST HOUR and TURMOIL are among the bands that have been confirmed for Gator's Aftermath, a one-day festival set to take place Friday, July 1 at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DARKEST HOUR FOR THE LOVE OF TURMOIL DROWNINGMAN ON BROKEN WING...June 2, 2005
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Wolf's Return
Draped in doom and powered by classic heavy metal, Stockholm's GRAND MAGUS continue the quality streak with "Wolf's Return", the band's third release. A majestic and soulful album, yet heavy metal in the truest sense of the term. I can always tell when an album has had a big impact on me, as I'll be...May 21, 2005
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VAIN To Release New Album In June: Audio Preview Available
Reunited hard rockers VAIN will be issuing a new album, "On the Line", in June. The new CD features ten new scorching tracks produced and recorded by lead singer Davy Vain and the band. "This new CD encompasses all of the elements that fans have grown to expect from VAIN's music: pure, raw energy, e...May 7, 2005
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RUSH Guitarist Issues Statement After Being Spared Jail In Florida New Year's Fracas
RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson released the following statement Thursday (April 21) to the Naples Daily News after he and his son Justin accepted a plea bargain related to a New Year's Eve 2003 altercation with Collier County sheriff's deputies: "Today closes a difficult and painful period in the lives...April 22, 2005
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ARCH ENEMY: The Making Of 'The Ultimate Metal Album'
ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following studio update on the group's official web site: "As the long and cold Swedish winter has slowly lost its icy grip on our country here up in the north, the sun has been shining and it has been an unusually couple of warm weeks here…the sprin...April 12, 2005
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BELPHEGOR, ARKHON INFAUSTUS, IN AETERNUM: Final Tour Dates Announced
BELPHEGOR (Austria),ARKHON INFAUSTUS (France) and IN AETERNUM (Sweden) will be teaming up for the "Goetreich - Fleshcult Europa Tour Pt. I" beginning in mid-April. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 14 - Schweinfurt, GER @ Stattbahnhof Apr. 15 - Hamburg, GER @ Headbangers Ballroom Apr. 16 - Leipz...March 19, 2005
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IMPALED To Guest On 1077 THE BONE's 'Metal Zone'
Oakland's IMPALED will be on 107.7 The Bone's "Metal Zone" with Billy Steel on Friday night, March 4 between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) to talk about their new album, new label, and "their plans to kill themselves sometime in the near future in a public place," according to an official pres...February 28, 2005
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