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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 "Rotten Renderings" presents over 100 pages of gruesomely detailed artwork featuring previously unpublished designs as well as illustrations for bands like ARSIS, BE...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...

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Norwegian Death Metallers EXECRATION Prepare To Release Full-Length Debut

Norwegian death metallers EXECRATION will release their full-length debut, "Syndicate of Lethargy", on August 20 via Vendlus Records. The follow-up to the 2007 EP "Language of the Dead" features guest appearances by OBLITERATION vocalist Sindre Solem, SHE SAID DESTROY frontman Anders Bakke, Espen Ha...

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HYBRID To Release 'The 8th Plague' In August

Madrid, Spain-based avant-garde extreme metal band HYBRID will release its full-length debut, "The 8th Plague", on August 8. Formed in 2004, HYBRID "mixes brutal death metal, black metal, doom, crust, grindcore and even Latin, bossa nova and crazy free jazz," according to a press release. "The 8th P...

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WHY SHE KILLS: 'Daydreams Of Obliteration' EP Out Now

Dutch extreme, female-fronted metallers WHY SHE KILLS have just released their brand new EP, "Daydreams of Obliteration". The CD marks the debut of new singers Anita Borst and Daan Logtenberg. According to a press release, "Daydreams of Obliteration" contains "four intense metal tracks that show man...

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ANAAL NATHRAKH: More Dates Announced

British extreme metallers ANAAL NATHRAKH have scheduled the following dates: May 02 - Feto Obliteration Fest / The Underworld - London, England May 10 - Barfly - Glasgow, Scotland May 17 - The Kathedral - Toronto, ON May 18 - The Gig Theater - Kitchener, ON (with CRYPTOPSY) May 20 - Cafe Dekcuf - Ot...

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WHY SHE KILLS Announce New Singers

Dutch metallers WHY SHE KILLS have announced the addition of Anita Borst and Danielle Logtenberg to the group's ranks. Brutal vocalist Anita has learned the tricks of the trade as a bass player and backing vocalist in METHYLBENZEEN and IZEGRIM and as a lead vocalist in BELLE GUNNESS. Danielle is as...

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MISTRESS, EXPLODER Call It Quits

Sludge-grind UK outfit MISTRESS and rock quintet EXPLODER have both decided to call it a day. The overlapping personnel involved in the two bands has been making music together in various forms for a number of years. Multi-instrumentalist Mick Kenney's side project FROST is also to be no more. Each...

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YAKUZA Frontman Performs With CEPHALIC CARNAGE In Chicago

YAKUZA frontman Bruce Lamont joined Denver's CEPHALIC CARNAGE on stage this past Sunday, February 24 at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago to perform two cuts — Observer To The Obliteration Of Planet Earth" from CEPHALIC CARNAGE's 2002 album "Exploiting Disfunction" and "Global Overhaul Device" from 2007...

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PAGANIZER: More New Songs Posted Online

Swedish old-school death metallers PAGANIZER have posted two more songs from their upcoming album, "Carnage Junkie", on their MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Blunt Blade Surgery" and "Sweet Decay" at this location. "Carnage Junkie" will be released later in the year via Vic Records. Te CD was mi...