Justin M. Norton of About.com recently conducted an interview with Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA, Housecore Records). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com: Housecore Records was started two years ago. What do you have planned for the label in the coming year? Anselmo: It's going to be brought to the ...
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DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — has issued the following update: "As you all are aware, DOWN was scheduled to release their movie 'Diary ...
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Prosthetic Records has signed Denver, Colorado's CLINGING TO THE TREES OF A FOREST FIRE. The band's new album is slated for a late spring/early summer release. Formed in 2006, CLINGING TO THE TREES OF A FOREST FIRE released an EP ("Harmonies From Bleeding Mouths") that year, and followed it up with a full-length effort, "Omega ...
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Swedish death metal outfit NIRVANA 2002 (a.k.a. N2002), the highly underrated yet influential band which only released a series of demos and splits during their existence through the late '80s and early '90s, has been confirmed this year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 28-30, 2010 at Sonar in Baltimore. This will be the ...
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DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — has inked a deal with E1 Music for the release of the long-awaited rockumentary "Diary of a Mad ...
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Due to "conflicts with their upcoming recording schedule," Florida extreme-metal veterans MALEVOLENT CREATION have cancelled their appearance at this year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 28-30, 2010 at Sonar in Baltimore. Their replacement will be announced sometime next week. 16 has also cancelled its appearance at the event and has been replaced by ...
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Imhotep webzine has posted a "small peek" into the world of this year's installment of the Inferno festival, which will take place March 31 - April 3, 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The 10-minute clip, which includes short comments from the staff, MAYHEM frontman Attila Csihar, two fans and Anna Roll (who organizes the ...
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Video footage of EYEHATEGOD's February 5, 2010 performance at The Bar in Metairie, Louisiana can be viewed below. More clips are available at this location. The vinyl version of EYEHATEGOD's fourth studio album, "Confederacy Of Ruined Lives", was released on November 11, 2009 via the vinyl-only imprint I'm Better Than Everyone Records. Originally ...
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Relapse Records has announced the signing of Dallas, Texas' KILL THE CLIENT. KILL THE CLIENT formed in 2004 and has previously released two full-length albums in addition to split releases with AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED and THOUSANDSWILLDIE. The band also appeared on "For The Sick - A Tribute To Eyehategod" and 2008's "This Comp Kills Fascists". KILL ...
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New Orleans-based sludge metallers EYEHATEGOD have scheduled the following dates: Feb. 05 - The Bar - Metairie, Louisiana Apr. 01 - John Dee (Inferno Festival) - Oslo, Norway Apr. 02 - Millenium Music Hall - Cardiff, UK Apr. 03 - The Academy - Dublin, Ireland Apr. 04 - The Limelight - Belfast, Ireland Apr. 05 ...
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IHSAHN, DEATH ANGEL and EYEHATEGOD are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's installment of the Inferno festival, set to take place March 31 - April 3, 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ÅRABROT BELPHEGOR BENEDICTION BLODSPOR COMO MUERTOS DEATH ANGEL DEMONIC RESSURECTION DESTRÖYER 666 EXUMER EYEHATEGOD FAUSTCOVEN ...
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During an interview with About.com's Justin M. Norton, EYEHATEGOD frontman Mike IX Williams revealed that he will collaborate with a female teacher at Auburn University on his upcoming biography. Williams also discussed his plans for future writing and spoken-word projects; his favorite books and authors and how he was influenced by the writers ...
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Hardcore/metal crossover pioneers D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES) have been confirmed for next year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 28-30 at Sonar in Baltimore. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, May 28: GORGUTS POSSESSED D.R.I. WATAIN COFFINS NAZXUL TRAP THEM GRIDE BIRDS OF PREY MALIGNANCY JESUS CROST STORMCROW DEFEATIST PUTRESCENCE Saturday, ...
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PRISTINA, the band featuring former members of 100 DEMONS, A THOUSAND FALLING SKIES and INVOCATION OF NEHEK, will release its long-delayed new album, "The Drought (Ov Salt and Sorrow)", in February 2010 via Bombfarm Records. The CD was recorded by singer Brendan K. Duff and Steve Austin (TODAY IS THE DAY), who also mixed and ...
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British metallers DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT have inked a worldwide deal with Prosthetic Records. This marks the first signing of a U.K. act for the label, which will re-release the band's "Hatred For Mankind" album in April 2010. The CD, recorded by Tom Dring and Billy Anderson (EYEHATEGOD, NEUROSIS, WEEDEATER), was originally made available earlier this ...
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Anguished vocals, dirt-caked tales of abuse and bleak woe, and savage bursts of metallic punk gobbed up with grimy sludge — what's not to like about LEWD ACTS? This is a rollicking, diseased, bilious rant of a record, a back-alley fistfight between EYEHATEGOD and THE MISFITS, all full of trailer-park ennui and post-CONVERGE hardcore scrape ...
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You have got to admire a band that kicks subtlety right in the balls and instead takes a musical approach akin to smacking someone in the mouth with board full of rusty nails. The band about which I write is ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE and the album is "Defeat", the debut disc for Ironclad Recordings. Specifically, ...
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PRISTINA, the band featuring former members of 100 DEMONS, A THOUSAND FALLING SKIES and INVOCATION OF NEHEK, will release its long-delayed new album, "The Drought (Ov Salt and Sorrow)", in February 2010 via Bombfarm Records. The CD was recorded by singer Brendan K. Duff and Steve Austin (TODAY IS THE DAY), who also mixed and ...
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Seminal New Orleans, Louisiana sludge-legends EYEHATEGOD, along with OUTLAW ORDER and JARBOE, have been added to the Roadburn festival lineup on Thursday, April 15, 2010. In addition, SOILENT GREEN and SOURVEIN have been confirmed for Roadburn's special Afterburner event on Sunday, April 18, at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. In other news, seminal doom ...
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After recently performing many chaotic and destructive East Coast shows, EYEHATEGOD is planning to infiltrate the West Coast in the same manner. With an agenda of alcohol, propaganda and just plain ol' shit-talking, the legendary Southern hardcore blues-and-doom group from Katrina-ravaged New Orleans will return to this area for the first time, post-hurricane, in several ...
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"The Spiritual Significance Of Music" is an exciting collection of exclusive interviews with many of the world's most visionary musicians and writers. A unique anthology that explores the dynamic relationship between music and spirituality, sharing incredible insights from their experience, knowledge, and wisdom. This book embraces the beauty and diversity of music, providing readers with ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of EYEHATEGOD's October 23, 2009 performance at Ottobar in Baltimore, Maryland can be viewed below. Photos of EYEHATEGOD's October 24, 2009 concert in New York City as part of the "Rocks Off Concert Cruise Aboard The Temptress" are available at NolaUnderground.com (scroll down for pictures). The release date for the ...
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The release date for the vinyl version of EYEHATEGOD's fourth studio album, "Confederacy Of Ruined Lives", has been pushed back to November 11 from the previously announced October 22 (via the vinyl-only imprint I'm Better Than Everyone Records. Commented the label: "Unfortunately, we had to bump back the release for 'Confederacy Of Ruined Lives' due ...
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BLOOD DUSTER, TRAP THEM, CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN, TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, JUCIFER, MALIGNANCY, DEFEATIST, SURROUNDINGS, ROTTENNESS and THE COMMUNION have been confirmed for next year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 28-30 at Sonar in Baltimore. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 16 ASPHYX AUTOPSY BIRDS OF PREY BLOOD DUSTER CAPITALIST CASUALTIES ...
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Kidd Christoff of Baltimore's 98Rock radio station recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mike Williams, vocalist for EYEHATEGOD, OUTLAW ORDER and ARSON ANTHEM and author of "Cancer as a Social Activity: Affirmations of World's End". The chat is now available for streaming below. Williams delivers anti-social misanthropic spoken-word and power electronics on a new limited-edition ...
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Mike Williams, vocalist for EYEHATEGOD, OUTLAW ORDER and ARSON ANTHEM and author of "Cancer as a Social Activity: Affirmations of World's End", delivers anti-social misanthropic spoken-word and power electronics on a new limited-edition seven-inch single, available from Chrome Peeler Records. Side Zero: "That's What the Obituary Said" is a spoken prose piece with ambient backing ...
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SODOM, WATAIN, CAPTAIN CLEANOFF, CAPITALIST CASUALTIES, MAGRUDERGRIND, OBLITERATION, SULACO, PUTRESCENCE, FANG and VERBAL ABUSE have been confirmed for next year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 28-30 at an as-yet-undisclosed venue in Baltimore. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 16 ASPHYX AUTOPSY BIRDS OF PREY CAPITALIST CASUALTIES CAPTAIN CLEANOFF COFFINS CONVERGE DECEASED ...
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New Orleans' EYEHATEGOD has spent the last two decades at odds with a corrupt music industry, using their music as a proverbial middle finger aimed at everything from government officials to sanctimonious shitheads hiding behind organized religion. They have defied all odds and continue to exist and persist despite personal and professional setbacks, from drug ...
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DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — has released the following statement: "This past week Philip Anselmo did an interview with the Boston ...
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Coming in 2010: One of the most comprehensive southern metal documentaries in history! Appropriately dubbed "Slow Southern Steel", the 80-plus-minute film is executive-produced by Karim Khan (I'm Better Than Everyone Records) and directed by RWAKE vocalist CT and David Lipke with the additional and integral assistance of George Hancock, Alix Petrovich and BEER WOLF guitarist ...
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