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PROJECT: FAILING FLESH To Release 'The Conjoined' Next Month

PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, the group featuring former VOIVOD/current E-FORCE bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, Kevin 131 (GARDEN OF SHADOWS, TWISTED TOWER DIRE, BRAVE, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT) and Tim Gutierrez (instruments),will release its second album, "The Conjoined", in March via Greece's Burning Star Rec...

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'Metal: The Definitive Guide' Book Due In April

Garry Sharpe-Young's next book, a 608-page, 600,000-word treatise simply titled "Metal: The Definitive Guide", will be published in the U.S. on April 28 by Backbeat Books. Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST provided the foreword. He wrote, in part, "From its beginnings out of Birmingham, England in the lat...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT Talks About Meeting LARS ULRICH And JAMES HETFIELD; Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett about the San Francisco Bay Area club scene and the first t...

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VOIVOD, GHOULUNATICS, B.A.R.F. Members Join Forces In LES ÉKORCHÉS

LES ÉKORCHÉS, the new Montréal, Québec, Canada-based project featuring vocalist Marc Vaillancourt from B.A.R.F., drummer Michel "Away" Langevin from VOIVOD, guitarist Pat Gordon from GHOULUNATICS and cellist Philippe Mius d'Entremont from MARUKA, will release its self-titled debut album on February...

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NASHVILLE PUSSY Blows Up New AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE Movie

Listen for NASHVILLE PUSSY in the upcoming "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters", scheduled for release to theatres on March 23. The film is described as "an action epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad) who...

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STARKWEATHER Working On New EP

Guitarist Todd Forkin of the Philadelphia-based hardcore/metal act STARKWEATHER has issued the following update: "After playing a pretty cool show in Saratoga, NY we decided to bunker down and focus on the next album. Before playing Albany we had about seven brand new songs written and in varying st...

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VOIVOD Waits For Injured JASON NEWSTED

World Entertainment News Network reports that Canadian metal legends VOIVOD have shelved plans to begin work on a new album to allow bassist Jason Newsted to recover after hurting his arm in a freak accident. Newsted reportedly tore his bicep and rotator cuff trying to catch a bass head that had fal...

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DEATH ANGEL Confirmed For Philippines' PULP SUMMER SLAM 7

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have been confirmed for the Pulp Summer Slam 7, set to take place Saturday, April 28 at Amoranto Stadium, Roces St., Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. DEATH ANGEL's latest CD, "The Art of Dying", was released in May 2004 through Nuclear Blas...

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NEGATIVA: Another New Song Posted Online

NEGATIVA, the Quebec-based band featuring former GORGUTS members Steeve Hurdle (guitar, vocals) and Luc Lemay (guitar, vocals),along with Etienne Gallo (drums, ex-AUGURY) and Miguel Valade (bass, ex-ION DISSONANCE),has posted another new track, entitled "Taedium Vitae", on www.negativa.ca and www....

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ZEROSCAPE Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement

Canadian "ragga-metal" group ZEROSCAPE has parted ways with bassist McNizzow. "Together we have accoplished plenty — three EPs, two full-lengths and hundreds of shows leading us across the Eastern part of Canada as well as U.K., Germany, France, Belgium, Luxunburg, Austria," the group writes on its...

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THESYRE Mainman Completes Work On UNLIFE Recordings; Audio Available

THESYRE's bassist/vocalist Eric Syre has completed the recordings for UNLIFE, a project dealing with dark/ambient/industrial music. The whole recording (over one hour of music) is available for free at www.unlife.org. THESYRE's third album, "Exist!", was released in November via Osmose Productions....

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SACRED STEEL To Play First-Ever Swedish Gig In January

German metallers SACRED STEEL will make their first-ever live appearance in Sweden on Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Rockklubben in Sandviken. Two additional bands will be appearing. Upcoming SACRED STEEL shows: Jan. 27 - Sandviken, SWE - Rockklubben Feb. 09 - Hannover, GER - S.O.M.A. Club Feb. 10 -...

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VOIVOD: 'Extremely Rare' Acetate Copy Of 'Rrröööaaarrr' Being Auctioned

An "extremely rare" acetate LP copy of VOIVOD's "Rrröööaaarrr" album, made at the Frankford Wayne mastering labs in New York on March 10, 1986, is currently being auctioned via eBay. According to the seller, the LP was only played once on a Micro Seiki turntable and the quality remains excellent. Ch...

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ZEROSCAPE Signs With BAD REPUTATION RECORDS

French record label Bad Reputation Records has signed the Canadian "ragga-metal" group ZEROSCAPE. The band's new album, "...And If This is the End I Will", was produced by Tom Treumuth (VOIVOD, HONEYMOON SUITE) and is now available throughout Europe. A four-month European tour will follow. ZEROSCAPE...

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MYOPIA Signs With SELFMADEGOD RECORDS

MYOPIA, the Bielsko-Biala, Poland-based thrash metal outfit, has signed a record deal with Selfmadegod Records. "Enter Insectmasterplan", a reissue of the group's second full-length album — originally self-released in 2005 — will be made available in January 2007. According to a press release, "Ente...