Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN have been confirmed for the With Full Force festival, set to take place July 4-6, 2008 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 7 SECONDS A.O.K. AGNOSTIC FRONT BELPHEGOR BORN FROM PAIN BROILERS BRUTAL TRUTH CATARACT CAVALERA CONSPIRACY CONVERGE DARK FUNERAL DEATH BEFORE ...
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Although they are not currently being listed on the event's official web site, San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have reportedly been added to the lineup of performers at the With Full Force festival, set to take place July 4-6, 2008 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as ...
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Awake/Strong will release a hardcore compilation, entitled "Music by People Like Us", on March 25. In the vein of the classic compilations, "Music By People Like Us" is a time stamp of where hardcore is now. The legends that are still going, such as AGNOSTIC FRONT, SICK OF IT ALL, and MADBALL, to the new ...
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According to Ashladan.be, APOCALYPTICA, TESTAMENT, KORPIKLAANI, NILE, SOILWORK, 36 CRAZYFISTS and SABATON have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 36 CRAZYFISTS ALCHEMIST APOCALYPTICA AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVENFOLD BEHEMOTH BULLET ...
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IN FLAMES, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, OPETH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MORBID ANGEL, DYING FETUS, ROTTING CHRIST, ALCHEMIST and BEHEMOTH have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALCHEMIST AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVENFOLD BEHEMOTH BULLET FOR ...
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Roadrunner Records has launched a reissues e-card which features lots of "goodies such as tracks, videos, and photos from all of the recent and upcoming ass-kicking reissued albums," according to a posting on the label's web site. Reissues include the "best of" series with classics from OBITUARY, SUFFOCATION and SPINESHANK and the two-for-one series with ...
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JUDAS PRIEST, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, DIMMU BORGIR, OPETH and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE are among the confirmed bands for the Fields of Rock festival, set to take place June 20-22 at on the Evenemententerrein of Walibi World in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: JUDAS PRIEST CAVALERA CONSPIRACY DIMMU BORGIR MINISTRY ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, MOONSPELL, MORBID ANGEL and ONE FINE DAY have been confirmed for the With Full Force festival, set to take place July 4-6, 2008 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 7 SECONDS A.O.K. AGNOSTIC FRONT BELPHEGOR BORN FROM PAIN BROILERS BRUTAL TRUTH CATARACT CAVALERA CONSPIRACY ...
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According to Ashladan.be, legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AT THE GATES BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE COMEBACK KID DEATHSTARS DEF LEPPARD FORBIDDEN HOLLENTHON ...
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Florida's WYKKED WYTCH has finished shooting a video for its cover of EURYTHMICS' "Sweet Dreams". "We shot the video in New York City two weeks ago," the band writes on its MySpace page. "The video is directed by Kevin Custer (MADBALL, UNEARTH) and produced by Dale 'Rage' Resteghini (MUDVAYNE, TRIVIUM, HATEBREED) of Raging Nation Films. ...
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Swiss metalcore act CATARACT has announced the addition of bassist Nico Schläpfer (END OF SUFFERING, TIMOR) to the group's ranks. "We are confident that he will add a lot of new spirit and blood to the band," the group writes in a statement. CATARACT has a scheduled a CD-release and 10th-anniversary concert on March 20 ...
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HEAVEN SHALL BURN, MADBALL, CULT OF LUNA and DYING FETUS are among the confirmed bands for the The Ultimate Summerblast Festival, set to take place June 21 at Exhaus in Trier, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: HEAVEN SHALL BURN COMEBACK KID MADBALL CULT OF LUNA NEGATIVE APPROACH MAROON AS WE FIGHT ...
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2008 marks CATARACT's tenth year of existence, and it will also be the year in which the Swiss metalcore act releases its self-titled fifth full-length album. Since 1998, CATARACT has been evolving from a project band into one of Switzerland's premiere metal outfits. The last couple of years have brought a lot of changes for ...
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According to VS-webzine.com, DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES, MARDUK, OPETH, SATYRICON and SODOM are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Hellfest festival, set to take place June 20-22, 2008 in Clisson, France. More than 60 groups will perform on two stages. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ...
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Roger Miret and Joseph James from legendary New York hardcore kings AGNOSTIC FRONT will guest on the "Hard Files" program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack on Thursday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Rebroadcasts: Fridays at noon ET, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET. "You'll hear face-smashing tunes from ...
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Danish hardcore bruisers BARCODE have been rejoined by vocalist Butch. According to a press release, "two years' separation had done their work, and the chemistry between BARCODE and Butch, who fronted [the band] 1998-2005, is now back to its old level which initially brought along two slots on Persistence Tour headlined by HATEBREED and AGNOSTIC ...
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Classic SEPULTURA, MADBALL and LIFE OF AGONY albums will be repackaged and reissued via Roadrunner Records as part of a two-for-the-price-of-one series. Scheduled for release on February 12 are the following titles: * SEPULTURA - "Against" / "Nation" * MADBALL - "Demonstrating My Style" / "Look My Way" * LIFE OF AGONY - "Ugly" / ...
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Brooklyn, New York's INHUMAN, the hardcore band featuring AGNOSTIC FRONT members Joseph James and Steve Gallo, has been added to the 2008 Superbowl of Hardcore, which takes place on April 5 at Studio B in Brooklyn, New York. The confirmed lineup is as follows (not exact order): AGNOSTIC FRONT MADBALL TERROR BREAKDOWN BLOODCLOT (feat. ex-members ...
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AGNOSTIC FRONT and MADBALL have been confirmed for the With Full Force festival, set to take place July 4-6, 2008 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 7 SECONDS A.O.K. AGNOSTIC FRONT BELPHEGOR BORN FROM PAIN BROILERS BRUTAL TRUTH CATARACT CONVERGE DARK FUNERAL DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR DIE ...
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Los Angeles hardcore/metal act TERROR has issued the following update: "We'll be leaving in a few days for South Korea and Japan, then hit the studio in February to record the new full-length (for an undetermined NEW label). Expect updates from the studio. March we will be out with the mighty EARTH CRISIS across the ...
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Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) 01. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ...
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SICK OF IT ALL, MADBALL, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR and WISDOM IN CHAINS will team up for a U.S. tour in January/February. So far the following dates have been announced: Jan. 22 - Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz Jan. 23 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall Jan. 24 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Jan. 25 ...
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French-Canadian death metal band BENEATH THE MASSACRE has just completed the Radio Rebellion tour alongside BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY and GOJIRA. The group has issued the following update: "So one more U.S. tour over. That was the fourth since May '07 and the last of the year. "The Radio Rebelion Tour was by far ...
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If an album title like "Warriors" does not best describe the career of New York City hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT, then I'm at a loss for a title that would. "Another Voice" was the band's first release for Nuclear Blast in 2005 and proved to the world that the quintet was as relevant as ever. ...
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Canada's BENEATH THE MASSACRE has been forced to pull out of the Radio Rebellion Tour show in Philadelphia on November 17 due to a death in the family. Currently on the road as part of Converse and Hurley's Radio Rebellion Tour with BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY and GOJIRA, BENEATH THE MASSACRE recently returned to ...
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New York hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT have released their video for the song "Addiction". The clip was shot earlier this month in Boston, Massachusetts and was directed by Ian McFarland and Mike Pecci for Killswitch Productions (SICK OF IT ALL, DIECAST, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE UNSEEN). The song comes off the band's upcoming album, "Warriors", ...
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MADBALL's video for the song "Infiltrate the System" can be viewed below courtesy of Headbanger's Blog. (NOTE: Video stream is not available to non-U.S. residents.) The song is the title track from the New York hardcore group's sixth album, which came out August 21. The band shot the video on September 12 in ...
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AGNOSTIC FRONT's entire "Warriors" album is now available for streaming on MP3.com. The CD is slated for release in North America on November 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. "Warriors" was produced by MADBALL/HAZEN STREET frontman Freddy Cricien, who also happens to be AF vocalist Roger Miret's younger brother. The engineering duties were handled ...
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Portugal's hardcore heroes DEVIL IN ME have posted the first video from their new album, "Brothers in Arms". You can check out the clip for the title track below. "Brothers in Arms" was recorded and produced by Miguel Marques (EASYWAY, TWENTYINCHBURIAL, MORE THAN A THOUSAND) at Generator Music Studio in Lisbon, and mastered by Alan ...
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Metalhead.ro recently conducted an interview with MADBALL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalhead.ro: Who came up with the ideea for your new album? What`s it all about? Is MADBALL still fighting for libery and justice? A: We all collaborated on the new record. We wanted to make a MADBALL record ...
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