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SKELETONWITCH Talks About Participation In This Year's OZZFEST

Ozzfest TV recently conducted an interview with Athens, Ohio extreme metallers SKELETONWITCH. Watch the chat below. SKELETONWITCH will take part in this year's edition of Ozzy's Osbourne's travelling festival, Ozzfest, as well as a Canadian tour with HIGH ON FIRE. The band will appear on the second...

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FORBIDDEN: New Album Update

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN are continuing work on their new album, "Omega Wave", at Sonic Room/Audio Voyage Studios in Livermore, California. The CD artwork has been commissioned from Kent Mathieu (FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, AUTOPSY, EXHORDER). The album is being produced by FORB...

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Heavy Breathing

In a recent review of BLACK BREATH's "Razor to Oblivion" I stated the following: "God help us all if we get a full-length album's worth of material with the same consistency and unhinged rage as the EP." Well, that full-length album came a lot quicker than I anticipated and assistance from the lord...

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SKYFORGER Featured In BBC Latvian Music Special

Latvian pagan metal kings SKYFORGER are featured in a BBC special on Latvia's love of folk music. The band is captured live at a Latvian music awards ceremony and is interviewed by the BBC's correspondent Damien McGuinness. Watch the clip at this location. "Kurbads", the new album from SKYFORGER, is...

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GOATSNAKE: Long-Out-Of-Print 'Flower Of Disease' Album Reissued

Southern Lord Recordings has re-released the long out-of-print GOATSNAKE album "Flower Of Disease". The third official release from the almighty GOATSNAKE, this slick, thunderous eight-song slab of doom was initially released in 2000 on the now-defunct Man's Ruin label, with Southern Lord handling t...

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SKELETONWITCH: New Audio Interview With SCOTT HEDRICK Available

On April 6, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Scott Hedrick of Athens, Ohio extreme metallers SKELETONWITCH. Scott talked about touring with CANNIBAL CORPSE; SKELETONWITCH's latest album, "Breathing The Fire"; metal scene in Ohio back when the band start...

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FORBIDDEN: New Album Title Announced

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN are continuing work on their new album, "Omega Wave", at Sonic Room/Audio Voyage Studios in Livermore, California. The CD artwork has been commissioned from Kent Mathieu (FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, AUTOPSY, EXHORDER). The album is being produced by FORB...

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OVERKILL Announces Second Leg Of 'Killfest 2010' Tour With Support From FORBIDDEN

Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have announced the second leg of their Killfest 2010 tour. The trek will consist of stops in markets where the band has not been in a long time, including several dates in the North Carolina and Florida. Support on the tour will come from FORBIDDEN, EVILE, GAMA...

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IAN ASTBURY Says THE CULT Will Release A 'Capsule,' Not An EP

Simon Sweetman of Stuff.co.nz recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ian Astbury of THE CULT. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On he and guitarist Billy Duffy being compared to other famous guitarist/singer duos like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards from THE ROLLING STONES or Steven T...

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CRYSTAL VIPER To Release Live Album

Polish female-fronted heavy metal act CRYSTAL VIPER will release a new live album, "Defenders Of The Magic Circle: Live In Germany", on June 4 via AFM Records. The CD will include the band's entire live set recorded in 2009 at the Magic Circle Festival in Germany along with a bunch of studio cuts. T...

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CATHEDRAL: 'The Guessing Game' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Guessing Game", the ninth full-length album from the veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL, sold around 700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 74 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by ne...

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POISONBLACK: New Audio Interview With TARMO KANERVA Posted Online

Morpheus Misfit of GoetiaMetal.com recently conducted an interview with Tarmo Kanerva, drummer of POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala. A four-minute excerpt from the chat can be heard in the YouTube clip below. The full interview is available in text for...

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ICARUS WITCH To Support Y&T

Pittsburgh traditional metallers ICARUS WITCH will support Y&T on their July/August 2010 tour. ICARUS WITCH will continue promoting its recent release, "Draw Down The Moon", this time with former DIRTY LOOKS guitarist/backing vocalist Christopher Shaner as the new frontman and PAUL DI'ANNO axema...

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CAGE Parts Ways With Bassist, Guitarist; Announces Replacements

Founding bassist Mike Giordano and lead guitarist Anthony Wayne McGinnis recently left the San Diego metal band CAGE after many years of true metal madness, with Mike departing due to medical reasons and Anthony for family reasons. Replacing Mike is monster bassist Steve Brogden, who is the lead gui...

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CATHEDRAL Frontman Discusses New Album; Audio Available

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with vocalist Lee Dorrian of the veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL on march 29, 2010. You can listen to the chat in two parts below. An eight-minute trailer for "The Guessing Game", the ninth full-length album from CATHEDRAL,...