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CANNIBAL CORPSE Hoping To Enter Studio In September
CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster has issued the following update: "My wife and I will be attending the NAMM show in Anaheim next week, so if any of you are going to the show, maybe we'll see you there. I'm not doing any signings or presentations or anything like that, but I will be there ...January 11, 2008
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MESHUGGAH To Guest On 'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie' This Sunday
Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH will be the featured guests on Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie" this Sunday (January 13) at 10:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. EST Monday morning). This will also mark the radio debut of the track "Bleed" from the band's...January 10, 2008
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MESHUGGAH Drummer Explains European Tour Cancellation
Drummer Tomas Haake of the Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH recently spoke to Rock Sound magazine about the reasons for the cancellation of the band's planned November 2007 tour with THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN. "We really rushed the 'Nothing' album because we had to leave to go to Ozz...January 10, 2008
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OPETH Mainman On New CD: 'I Didn't Want It To Be A Happy-Sounding Record'
OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt recently spoke to Revolver magazine about the group's forthcoming follow-up to 2005's "Ghost Reveries", tentatively due in the spring via Roadrunner Records. "The music is much more complex," he said. "The metal parts are even faster and a lot more technical than the l...January 10, 2008
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COMMANDER: New Song Posted Online
German extreme metallers COMMANDER have completed work on their new album, "The Enemies We Create", due on March 28, 2008 via Bad Land Records/Twilight Vertrieb. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Trust in Man 02. Vengeful Angel 03. The Enemies We Create 04. My Worst Enemy 05. New A...January 10, 2008
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INCANTATION Mainman Comments On DISGORGE Bassist's Passing
Guitarist/vocalist John McEntee of the Pennsylvanian death metal bands INCANTATION and FUNERUS has released the following statement on the passing of DISGORGE bassist Ben Marlin: "I would like to send out my condolences to DISGORGE and the Marlin family from both INCANTATION and FUNERUS. I know the...January 9, 2008
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Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival Cancelled
The organizers of the Up From The Ground festival — which normally takes place in August in Gemünden, Germany — have issued the following statement: "The gossip factory is working overtime. Last week news messages were growing about a cancellation of Up From The Ground festival in 2008. Unfotunately...January 8, 2008
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BRUTAL TRUTH Confirmed For CENTRAL ILLINOIS METALFEST
Reunited seminal grindcore/extreme metal outfit BRUTAL TRUTH has been confirmed as one of the headliners of this year's Central Illinois Metalfest, set to take place July 18-20 at the Canopy Club in Urbana, Illinois. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABACINATE (NJ) ABOMINANT (KY) AMAGOR...January 8, 2008
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ABYSMAL DAWN: 'The Mixing Process Is Close To Done'
Charles Elliott of the Los Angeles-based extreme metal band ABYSMAL DAWN has issued the following update regardingthe status of the group's sophomore release: "We've been in and out of John Haddad's (INTRONAUT, EYES OF FIRE) new studio since November and things are finally starting to come together....January 8, 2008
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MINDGRINDER To Perform At INFERNO Festival Kick-Off
MINDGRINDER, the Norwegian extreme metal band featuring ex-SOURCE OF TIDE drummer/keyboardist Cosmocrator (on bass/vocals),will perform at the Inferno festival kick-off on January 26 at Kafe Larssen in Trondheim, Norway. Support at the shows will come from THE SICKENING and METHERRA. MINDGRINDER la...January 8, 2008
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WATAIN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Swedish black metallers WATAIN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS BEFORE THE D...January 8, 2008
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Memorial Services For DISGORGE Bassist To Be Held Next Week
Memorial services for late DISGORGE bassist Benjamin Lee Marlin will be held on January 17, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at the Moose Lodge in North Escondido, California. "Family and friends have set up a pot luck memorial to celebrate the life of our late brother, and have extended the invitation to those wh...January 7, 2008
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MASACHIST Recording Debut Album
Guitarist Thrufel (AZARATH, YATTERING) has issued the following update regarding his MASACHIST project, also featuring Daray (drummer of VADER, VESANIA and NEOLITHIC): "We are currently recording our debut album 'Death March Fury' at Progresja studio in Warsaw [Poland]. So far we have recorded the d...January 7, 2008
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BENEDICTION Issues Year-End Update
Long-running UK extreme metallers BENEDICTION have issued the following update: "Well, that went quick! We'd like to thank everyone who came to any of the festivals we played, and supported us in 2007. The biggest surprise for BENEDICTION was the response from you all when we hit the stage. It was n...January 7, 2008
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EMINENCE Signs With LOCOMOTIVE RECORDS
Brazilian extreme metallers EMINENCE have inked a deal with Locomotive Records. The band's new album, "The God of all Mistakes", will be released in May. Check out the CD artwork at this location. The follow-up to 2004's "Humanology" was recorded at Maquina Studios with producer by Tue Madsen (ROB H...January 7, 2008