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THE SHOWDOWN Interviewed By OutlawVideo.TV; Video Available

OutlawVideo.TV recently conducted an interview with David Bunton (vocals) and Yogi Watts (drums) of Tennessee's THE SHOWDOWN. Watch the 10-minute chat below. THE SHOWDOWN recently parted ways with AJ Barrette (drums; ex-STILL REMAINS) and Eric Koruschak (bass). According to the band, "Eric and AJ de...

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THE SHOWDOWN: New Lineup Revealed

Tennessee's THE SHOWDOWN has parted ways with AJ Barrette (drums; ex-STILL REMAINS) and Eric Koruschak (bass). According to the band, "Eric and AJ decided that they wanted to spend more time with their families and other responsibilities at home, so they will not be touring with us anymore. They are...

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World Extermination

A long time ago in a place far, far way, Nolan Richardson, head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks' basketball team conducted practices that featured an opening period of intense conditioning called "40 minutes of hell." That would become the same 40 minutes during which the team imposed their collect...

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ZOROASTER, THE GATES OF SLUMBER, SERPENTCULT To Team Up For North American Tour

Avant-garde psych metal band ZOROASTER, Indianapolis doom metal trio THE GATES OF SLUMBER and Belgian "über doom" unit SERPENTCULT will team up for the "North America is Doomed" tour this summer. The 14-city trek will kick off on August 1 in Chicago, Illinois and will hit major markets, including Ne...

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Peace, Love and...

I'm going to spare you all the generic quips where I tell you that the new disc from TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION is just that; total fucking destruction. In terms of sonic obliteration, "Peace, Love And Total Fucking Destruction" does rank right up there on the Richter Scale, yet not entirely in the G...

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ZOROASTER: New Song Featuring MASTODON's HINDS Available For Download

Avant-garde psych-metal trio ZOROASTER has completed work on its new album, "Voice of Saturn". The follow up to "Dog Magic" is scheduled for release on March 10 via Terminal Doom Records. The track "White Dwarf", taken from the upcoming CD, premiered online today via Brooklyn Vegan. Check out the so...

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NAPALM DEATH: Bucharest Footage Available

Video footage of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH performing in Bucharest, Romania on January 12, 2009 can be viewed below. NAPALM DEATH will release its new album, "Time Waits For No Slave", via Century Media Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy: Janu...

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No Sign of Better Times

DESOLATEVOID charged onto the scene like a meth-crazed rhino with "Self Medicated Psycho Therapy", concocting a deadly mix of crust punk, southern metal, and sludge that at various points recalled bands similar to SOILENT GREEN and EYEHATEGOD. On sophomore album "No Sign of Better Times", the group...

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GENERAL SURGERY: Split CD/LP With BUTCHER ABC Finally Released

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have issued the following update: "The story goes back all the way to 2003 when we got asked by then Escorbuto Recordings president Johan Wallin if we would be interested in doing a split with Japanese gore maniacs BUTCHER ABC. Naturally, we were...

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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Plays Final Show With Keyboardist CARSTEN ALTENA

Keyboardist Carsten Altena played his final concert a member of the Dutch death band THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT on December 24, 2008 at De Gigant in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Video footage of his farewell announcement from the stage can be viewed below. THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT recently announced plans to r...

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ZOROASTER's New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By MASTODON's BRENT HINDS

Avant-garde psych-metal trio ZOROASTER has completed work on its new album, "Voice of Saturn". The follow up to "Dog Magic" is scheduled for release on March 10, 2009 via Terminal Doom Records. Recorded at The Living Room (THE BLACK LIPS, MASTODON) in Atlanta with engineer Ed Rawls, "Voice of Saturn...

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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT To Release New Version Of 'The White Crematorium' With Bonus Tracks

Dutch extreme metallers THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT have announced plans to release a reworked version of their 2005 album "The White Crematorium", tentatively dubbed "The White Crematorium 2.0". Commented the band: "In our insatiable desire to always receive the highest possible ratings we decided to ta...

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The Grand Karoshi

Every now and then the discerning lover of metal requires a hot dose of modern whiplash thrash. Recently, said dose has been delivered in the form of a fist-to-face debut effort called "The Grand Karoshi" by Finland's oddly named DEAD SHAPE FIGURE. It has been tried, it is definitely true, and it mo...

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'Rotten Renderings': The Art Of MARK RIDDICK

Underground death and black metal illustrator Mark Riddick has released a new art book, a follow-up to his last work, "Killustration". "Rotten Renderings" presents over 100 pages of gruesomely detailed artwork featuring previously unpublished designs as well as illustrations for bands like ARSIS, BE...

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ANTAGONY Signs With DEEPSEND RECORDS

Deepsend Records has announced the signing of California's ANTAGONY. The group's new album is tentatively due this winter. Hailing from Oakland, ANTAGONY fuses the raw power of traditional metal with hardcore-tinged death metal of to form a massive conjuration of passion, darkness and unmatched heav...