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BLACK Hoping To Hit The Road Later This Year

Vocalist Tony Martin (BLACK SABBATH),bassist Magnus Rosén (HAMMERFALL),guitarist Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) and drummer Danny "Danté" Needham (VENOM, TONY MARTIN) have joined forces in a new "supergroup" which is presently going under the working band name BLACK. Commented Rosén: "It feels very...

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Former, Current Members Of BLACK SABBATH, KING DIAMOND, HAMMERFALL Working On 'Very Dark' Music

Vocalist Tony Martin (BLACK SABBATH),bassist Magnus Rosén (HAMMERFALL),guitarist Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) and drummer Danny "Danté" Needham (VENOM, TONY MARTIN) have joined forces in a new "supergroup" which is presently going under the working band name BLACK. According to Martin, the first...

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VENOM Mixing New Album

British black metal pioneers VENOM are currently mixing their new album with producer Tom Belton at his London studio. An official release date for the effort has not yet been announced. Regarding what fans can expect to hear from the next VENOM studio LP, bassist/vocalist Conrad "Cronos" Lant told...

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DECREPIT BIRTH: 'Diminishing Between Worlds' Jam-Session Video Available

A "jam-session"-styled video for the song "Diminishing Between Worlds" from Santa Cruz, California-based tech-death masters DECREPIT BIRTH can be viewed below. The clip was shot last month during the group's two-week resting period while waiting for drummer Samus Paulicelli to be legally allowed to...

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer Joins Forces With KING DIAMOND Guitarist, Ex-HAMMERFALL Bassist

Vocalist Tony Martin (BLACK SABBATH),bassist Magnus Rosén (HAMMERFALL),guitarist Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) and drummer Danny "Danté" Needham (VENOM, TONY MARTIN) have joined forces in an as-yet-unnamed new "supergroup." The band is currently working on music at La Rocque's Sonic Train Studios...

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SLIPKNOT Drummer Says Playing This Summer's Shows Will Be 'The Ultimate Triumph'

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has told Kerrang! magazine that fans will get an unforgettable show when the band returns to the stage this summer to play its first concerts since the passing of SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray. "[These shows] will be the ultimate triumph," he promised. "I have fucking pis...

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NILE's KARL SANDERS To Guest On NERVECELL Album

Guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE makes a guest appearance on vocals on the song "Shunq (To The Despaired…King Of Darkness)" from Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based death/thrash metallers NERVECELL. The track will appear on NERVECELL's new...

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DECREPIT BIRTH Drummer Explains Absence From KATAKLYSM Tour (Audio)

Drummer Samus Paulicelli of Santa Cruz, California-based tech-death masters DECREPIT BIRTH has released an audio message in regards to the band missing the first two weeks of the "Spread The Venom Tour" with KATAKLYSM and ALL SHALL PERISH. DECREPIT BIRTH was forced to sit out the first ten dates of...

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Beast

They couldn't have picked a better name. DEVILDRIVER's fifth full-length, "Beast", is arguably their most intense and spite-fueled effort to date. Where "Pray For Villains" saw the band place more focus on writing songs than crushing skulls, "Beast" is the byproduct of those two worlds violently col...

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KATAKLYSM: 20th-Anniversary DVD Title Announced

Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have begun the long process of putting together elements for their upcoming 20th-anniversary DVD. Titled "The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined", this documentary will begin with the band's inception in 1991 and tell the lasting story behind of one of the most impor...

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Original RAVAGE Guitarist Signs With DARK STAR RECORDS

DD Rand, original lead guitarist from the '80s hard rock/metal band RAVAGE out of Chicago, has inked a deal with Dark Star Records. DD Rand's guitar style mixes bone-crunching guitar riffs with screaming leads. His songs are loaded with catchy choruses influenced by classic '80s rock, but with a mod...

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DECREPIT BIRTH Forced To Miss First 10 Shows Of KATAKLYSM Tour

Santa Cruz, California-based tech-death masters DECREPIT BIRTH have issued the following update: "Unfortunately, DECREPIT BIRTH will miss shows booked from February 21st to March 6th. We just received news that our drummer Samus has been forced into legal obligations which are preventing him from le...

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SODOM Frontman: 'My Dream Is To Live In A Peaceful World Without War And Crime'

The Great Southern Brainfart recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Thomas "Angelripper" Such of German thrash metal veterans SODOM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: When did you first decide that music was your life calling? Tom: Back in...

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KATAKLYSM: Quality Haarlem Footage Available

Quality fan-filmed video footage of Canadian death metal lunatics KATAKLYSM performing on January 23, 2011 at Patronaat in Haarlem, The Netherlands can be viewed below (courtesy of "letthedeathmetalflow"). Neckbreakers Ball 2011 — which also features LEGION OF THE DAMNED, EQUILIBRIUM, MÅNEGARM and M...

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CLEVELAND's MIDNIGHT Records PITTSBURGH STEELERS Song

Cleveland, Ohio based thrash/black metallers MIDNIGHT have recorded "Black And The Gold", a reworked version of their song "Black Rock 'N' Roll", in support of the town's arch football rivals football the Pittsburgh Steelers. The new version of the track is not commercially available. "Being a Steel...