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GORGOROTH: European Tour Diary Launched

While it may still up to the Norwegian court to decide who rightfully owns the band name GORGOROTH following a split between guitarist Infernus on one side and bassist King and vocalist Gaahl on the other, the Gaahl/King version of the Norwegian black metal outfit commenced its European tour a few d...

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MINISTRY, MESHUGGAH, HEMLOCK: Complete Tour Details Revealed

On the heels of their final studio release, "The Last Sucker", released September 18, 2007, MINISTRY has announced their final world tour, "C U LaTouR", with special guests MESHUGGAH and opening act HEMLOCK. MINISTRY kicks off the North American leg of "C U LaTouR" in Vancouver on March 28, 2008, st...

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PRONG Mainman To Guest On 'The CMS Xtreme'

PRONG, the pioneering New York City underground act (since relocated to Los Angeles) that saw success in the '80s and '90s with classics like "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" and "Whose Fist Is It Anyway?", will be featured on a special edition of "The CMS Xtreme" program. The show fill feature c...

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PRONG: 'The Banishment' Video Posted Online

PRONG's video for the song "The Banishment" can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's latest CD, "Power of the Damager", which sold 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. According to a press release, the album "maintains the razor-sharp signature riffs band found...

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HANKER Begins Recording New Album

Quebec, Canada-based metallers HANKER have begun recording their new CD at JFD studio with producer Jean-François Dagenais (KATAKLYSM guitarist). According to the band, "Things are going very well so far and the sound seems very tight and heavy! Drums and bass are now in the can and [we] are now wor...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist On 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available

An hour-long interview with former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist David Ellefson which aired on last night's (November 3) episode of the "Maximum Threshold" show can be downloaded at this location (MP3, 166 MB!). "Maximum Threshold" is an Internet radio show dedicated to presenting up-and-coming ha...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer Discusses SEVENTH VOID Side Project

Alex Zander of MK Magazine recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MK Magazine: The last time I saw you… You said, "Hey, check out my new band SEVENTH VOID." Now that I have, I must admit, I like it a ...

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GORGOROTH Guitarist INFERNUS: 'I Promise For Satan That I Will Come Back'

GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus — who is involved in a legal dispute with his estranged bandmates over the rights to the group's name — has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I will here present you a press statement which is my intention to be the last in the line of short open let...

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PAUL RAVEN's Funeral Services Scheduled For Tomorrow

A service in the memory of legendary bassist Paul Raven (MINISTRY, PRONG, SOCIETY 1, KILLING JOKE, GODFLESH, MOB RESEARCH) will be held on October 31, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. in the Southeastern French city of Annecy, which lies approximately 30 kilometers from Geneva airport. A wake at L'Usine (the facto...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON To Guest On 'Maximum Threshold'

Former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist David Ellefson will guest on the "Maximum Threshold" show on Saturday, November 3 at approximately 11:00 p.m. EST. "Maximum Threshold" is an Internet radio show dedicated to presenting up-and-coming hard rock bands and successful bands as well as interviews, ne...

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GORGOROTH Recruits Drummer NICK BARKER For European Tour

Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH, TESTAMENT) will play drums on GORGOROTH's upcoming tour across Europe beginning November 2007. In addition to Nick, guitarist Teloch (NIDINGR, UMORAL, 1349) will again return to GORGOROTH's live assault, while guitarist Sykelig completes the group's 200...

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RAGE Completes Work On 'Carved In Stone'

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski has issued the following update: "The studio job for the new RAGE album 'Carved in Stone' is completed now, and finally I can listen to all tracks of the new CD by my HiFi rack with a quiet conscience, and I can say it has exactly become what we figured out ...

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MAYHEM Drummer HELLHAMMER Joins GAAHL-Fronted Version Of GORGOROTH

GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl and bassist King ov Hell — who are involved in a legal dispute with guitarist Infernus over the rights to the group's name — have released the following update: "Continuing on with the new agenda now forged for GORGOROTH, Gaahl and King have enlisted none other than Hellhamm...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE: Thank You For Making 'Kill' Tour Our Best Tour Ever

Legendary death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE have issued the following update: "We have just returned from Brazil, where we finished off the 'Kill' tour with a very successful four-show mini-tour. This was our third trip to Brazil, and we were happy to see lots of old friends as well as many new ones....

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LENG TCH'E Looking For Bass Player

Belgium's razorgrind pioneers LENG TCH'E have issued the following update: "It is a well known fact that everybody in LENG TCH'E is an incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist (PS: John Myung, stop e-mailing me for tabs). So instead of looking for a second guitar player, Nicolas will return to his...