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E-FORCE Confirmed For UK's METALFEST

E-FORCE, the France-based band featuring former VOIVOD vocalist/bassist Eric Forrest, has been confirmed for the first edition of a new UK festival called Metalfest, set to take place September 25-27, 2009 at JB's in Dudley. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLAZE BAYLEY E-FORCE HANGING...

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WHIPLASH To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Guitarist/vocalist Tony Portaro and drummer Joe Cangelosi of reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH will be interviewed on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" show on Blogtalkradio.com on Sunday, November 23 at 6:00 p.m. EST. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Internet, go to thi...

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VOIVOD Bassist Clarifies 'Terrorist' Comment

Bassist Jean-Yves Theriault (a.k.a. Blacky) of the Canadian metal pioneers VOIVOD has released a statement clarifying the comments he made during an interview with HardTimes.ca regarding the recent U.S. presidential elections. Speaking at the Trois Rivières Metalfest, which was held November 7-8, 20...

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The Way of All Flesh

For all the acclaim it's garnered, it's tough to immediately pin down exactly what's great about GOJIRA's long-awaited new album. For that matter, it's hard at first to even tell what they're trying to do – the first spin of "A Sight to Behold", with its bouncy groove, electronic bass line and robot...

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VOIVOD Bassist Talks Politics: 'The Biggest Terrorist Ever, It's Been The U.S.'

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with drummer Michel Langevin (a.k.a. Away) and bassist Jean-Yves Theriault (a.k.a. Blacky) of the Canadian metal pioneers VOIVOD at the Trois Rivières Metalfest, which was held November 7-8, 2008 at the Bâtisse Industrielle in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The 1...

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TESTAMENT: 'More Than Meets The Eye' Ringtone Available

A ringtone for the TESTAMENT song "More Than Meets The Eye" is available at this location. The track comes off the long-running San Francisco Bay Area metal band's new album, "The Formation of Damnation", which is available on limited-edition green vinyl at www.testamentlegions.com. Supplies are lim...

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WHIPLASH: Another Demo Track Posted Online

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH have uploaded a pre-production/demo version of another new song, "Madman At The Helm", to their MySpace page. The band will enter the studio in early March to begin recording its sixth album, "Unborn Again", with guitarist/vocalist Tony Portaro handling the...

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TESTAMENT: Pro-Shot Footage From Japan Available

Professionally filmed video footage of TESTAMENT's September 21, 2008 performance at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan can be viewed below. The band was in Japan taking part in the two-night Thrash Domination 2008 event alongside FORBIDDEN and VOIVOD. TESTAMENT recruited guitarist Glen Drover (ex-MEGADE...

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OVIF To Guest On CHOQ.FM's 'Culture Métal Extrême'

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based thrash metal band OVIF, which features former members of MELODYACT, will be interviewed by Cynthia Mourato of CHOQ.FM's metal program "Culture Métal Extrême" this Wednesday, November 5. The show starts at 10:00 p.m. EST and can be heard live via the Internet at this lo...

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FORBIDDEN: Pro-Shot Footage From Japan Available

Professionally filmed video footage of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN performing the song "Forbidden Evil" on September 20, 2008 at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan can be viewed below. The band was in Japan taking part in the two-night Thrash Domination 2008 event alongside TES...

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VOIVOD: Pro-Shot Footage From Japan Available

Professionally filmed video footage of Canadian metal pioneers VOIVOD performing the song "Voivod" on September 20, 2008 at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan can be viewed below. The band was in Japan taking part in the two-night Thrash Domination 2008 event alongside TESTAMENT and FORBIDDEN. VOIVOD mad...

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THE PLASMARIFLE: New Song Posted Online

Montreal metal band THE PLASMARIFLE has posted the song "For All That Is Concealed Shall Soon Be Revealed" on its PureVolume page at this location. The track comes off the group's debut album, "While You Were Sleeping the World Changed in an Instant", which will be released on October 14 via Siege o...

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FORBIDDEN Guitarist Issues 'Thrash Domination' Recap

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers FORBIDDEN took part in the Thrash Domination 2008 on September 20-21 at at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan alongside TESTAMENT and VOIVOD. FORBIDDEN guitarist Craig Locicero has checked in with the following update: "Well, it's been three weeks since we've...

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ENTHRONED Frontman Undergoes Back Surgery

Belgian black metal band ENTHRONED has issued the following brief update: "After the triumphant tour in Brazil [with SADUS and SEVERE TORTURE], ENTHRONED would like to thank all the fans that supported us and made this trip a hell of a massacre! In the meantime, Nornagest (guitar, vocals) had to be...

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Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal

There has been such a massive amount written about "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — and the critical reaction has pretty much been raving across the board – that it almost seems anti-climatic to talk about the recent DVD release. On the other hand, the scores of folks who didn't have the...