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MERCILESS DEATH: Sacramento Footage Posted Online

Capital Chaos has posted video footage of California thrashers MERCILESS DEATH performing on June 16, 2008 at the On The Y in Sacramento, California. Also on the bill were BONDED BY BLOOD, PSYCHOSOMATIC and DEVASTATOR. Watch the clip below. MERCILESS DEATH's sophomore effort, "Realm of Terror", was...

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GIRLSCHOOL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AIRBOURNE ALESTORM AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN...

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OBITUARY Completes Work On 'Left To Die' EP

Vocalist John Tardy of the Florida-based death metal veterans OBITUARY has issued the following update: "What a great weekend! We have been working really hard on this new EP [entitled 'Left to Die'] and Saturday night we finished it. I am totally psyched about this and can't wait to get it to you....

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STONE GODS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

STONE GODS, the band featuring former THE DARKNESS members Dan Hawkins, Richie Edwards and Ed Graham, has replaced AXEL RUDI PELL on the billing of this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:...

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OBITUARY Completes First Leg Of European Summer Festival Tour

Florida-based death metal legends OBITUARY have issued the following update: "We just completed the first leg of our European summer festival tour and everything went pretty good. It was another ridiculous amount of travel... I think we did like fourteen flights in thirteen days...but it was worth i...

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DEICIDE Drummer On HOFFMAN Brothers: 'Those Guys Can F**k Off And Stay F**ked Off'

Australia's PyroMusic.net recently conducted an interview with DEICIDE drummer Steve Asheim. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. PyroMusic.net: Given all the things that have happened to Glen [Benton] in recent years, could you have chosen any other title for the album than "Till Death Do Us...

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Till Death Do Us Part

"Full of hate that one is," I remember Glen Benton once telling me in regards to DEICIDE drummer/songwriter Steve Asheim. This is one statement made by the outspoken frontman that nobody in their right mind could agree with. Be it hatred for humanity, God, Christ, the Hoffman brothers, Christians, C...

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Realm of Terror

So you think California retro thrashers MERCILESS DEATH are just some flash in the pan that made one outstanding old school album called "Evil in the Night" in 2007? They're just part of that whole trend of youngsters that started playing 80's thrash metal when they found some old vinyl in their par...

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JAMES MURPHY Completes Guitar Solo For OBLITERHATE Debut

Guitarist-extraordinaire-turned-producer James Murphy (TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY) has completed a guest guitar solo on the song "Dawn Of Extermination", which will open the forthcoming debut album from OBLITERHATE. OBLITERHATE is the brainchild of guitarist Calvin Chiang of the Singaporean death th...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer's BURNING HUMAN Schedules Albany Show

BURNING HUMAN, the resurrected death metal band featuring SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner, will perform at Valentine's (17 New Scotland Ave.) in Albany, New York on Saturday, July 19. Also scheduled to appear are THE FINAL SLEEP, CRIMSON MASK and RUINATION. BURNING HUMAN last year posted another...

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BERENICE BLEEDING Signs With IBEX MOON RECORDS

BERENICE BLEEDING, the band featuring longtime friends Rober (MACHETAZO),Phlegeton (WORMED, GODS, HUMAN MINCER) and Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, RIBSPREADER, DEMIURG, EDGE OF SANITY),has inked a deal with Ibex Moon Records. According to a press release, BERENICE BLEEDING's "only aim is to play some...

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OBITUARY Checks In From Europe

Florida-based death metallers OBITUARY have issued the following update: "We have been doing a lot of travelling to make these [European] shows, but we are having a blast. It was great to finally get to Serbia for the fist time and have a awesome show. DESTRUCTION and TESTAMENT, who are both good fr...

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SLAYER: 'Reign In Blood' Book Now On Sale

Continuum Books' "33 1/3: Reign in Blood", the first English-language book about SLAYER, is now on sale. The book made its world debut at Square Records in Akron, Ohio Saturday, May 31. The first three copies were signed by author D.X. Ferris, on sale for a special price of $6.66, and numbered 6, 66...

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SALEM: 'Salem Underground' DVD Details Revealed

Long-running Israeli extreme metallers SALEM have set a June 6 release date for their new DVD, entitled "Salem Underground". The band will play live that night in Tel Aviv with legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY and the new DVD will be available for the first time at the concert. According t...

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SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY Explains Tampa Cancellation

SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY, the Tampa, Florida-based grindcore act featuring former members of BODIES IN THE GEARS OF THE APPARATUS and DEHUMANIZED, has issued the following update: "We deeply regret our inability to perform on May 23 at the Crowbar in Tampa, Florida. There was and...