Pestilence magazine recently conducted an interview with ANGELCORPSE bassist/vocalist Pete Helmkamp. An excerpt follows: Pestilence: First of all, it was really great news for me to hear that you guys are reforming back. The underground scene needs bands like ANGELCORPSE to crush all nu-metal/metalcore bands into pieces. Why the hell it took you ...
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Dutch extreme metallers THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE have finished recording their debut album, entitled "Pitch Black Dawn". In addition to six brand new tracks, the CD will contain re-recordings of three previously released demo songs. The track listing is as follows: 01. Into Decay 02. The Pitch Black Dawn 03. Down 04. Feeding The Land Of ...
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Roy Kristensen of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with DIMMU BORGIR guitarists Galder and Silenoz. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the new album's concept: Galder: "I thought it would be a greater challenge writing lyrics based upon my own story. The lyrics can be regarded as journals depending on ...
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ANGELCORPSE has tapped J.R. Daniels (ex-CATTLE DECAPITATION) to play drums on the band's upcoming U.S. tour. The dates are as follows: May 09 - Station 4 - Minneapolis, MN (w/ TERATISM, KOMMANDANT) May 10 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL (w/ CIANIDE, KOMMANDANT) May 11 - Peabodies - Cleveland, OH (w/ CELTIC FROST, DECREPIT) May ...
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British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have been confirmed as the headliners of the Stonehenge Festival, set to take place July 28 at De Buze in Steenwijk, The Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: NAPALM DEATH DETONATION FUELBLOODED THRONAR THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE AXAMENTA ONE BULLET LEFT Five more bands will be announced soon. ...
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ANGELCORPSE bassist/vocalist Pete Helmkamp has issued the following update: "As most of you know now, ANGELCORPSE has completed the recording of our fourth full-length album, 'Of Lucifer and Lightning'. Osmose Productions will handle the release of the CD (and limited-edition LP) in Europe, The End will handle things in North America, and Mutilation Productions will ...
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TWISTED SISTER drummer A.J. Pero will appear at the Chiller Theatre Expo April 13-15 at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.chillertheatre.com. Pero is involved with "Stairway to Hell", which is described as "the ultimate off-Broadway headbanging experience," taking place at the all metal and rock club Snitch. ...
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Dutch death metallers THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE have entered the studio to record its debut album, entitled "Pitch Black Dawn". In addition to six brand new tracks, the CD will contain re-recordings of three previously released demo songs. Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Into Decay", "Soul Saviour Throat Cut", "Feeding the Land of ...
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DETONATION, FUELBLOODED and AXAMENTA are among the confirmed bands for the Stonehenge Festival, set to take place July 28 at De Buze in Steenwijk, The Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DETONATION FUELBLOODED THRONAR THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE AXAMENTA ONE BULLET LEFT Six more bands will be announced soon. For more information, visit ...
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IN FLAMES, DEATH ANGEL, RAVEN, HELLOWEEN, JON OLIVA'S PAIN and ARMORED SAINT are among the bands featured on the "Bang Your Head!!! 2006" DVD, due in Europe on March 12. In addition to 34 songs that were filmed during last year's Bang Your Head!!! festival (which took place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany), the ...
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ANGELCORPSE, WATAIN and NACHTMYSTIUM will team up for the "Antichrist Vanguard 2007" tour beginning in early May. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 09 - Station 4 - Minneapolis, MN (w/ TERATISM, KOMMANDANT) May 10 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL (w/ CIANIDE, KOMMANDANT) May 11 - Peabodies - Cleveland, OH (w/ CELTIC FROST, DECREPIT) ...
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Former MISFITS frontman Michale Graves has just released "Demos and Live Cuts Vol. 1", an Internet-exclusive collection of "demos, pre-production drafts and live outtakes from CBGB in New York City." Commented Graves: "I have always found it intriguing when artists release demos. To me, it seems to pull away some of the polish and give ...
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TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will reportedly make a guest appearance tomorrow night (Tuesday, February 27) at the off-Broadway show "Stairway to Hell". Dee will be there to support bandmate A.J. Pero of TWISTED SISTER. "Stairway to Hell" is the the ultimate off-Broadway headbanging experience, taking place at the all metal and rock club Snitch. ...
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Northwest death metal legends DRAWN AND QUARTERED have completed their fifth album, "Merciless Hammer of Lucifer", due in June via Moribund Records. Commented guitarist/songwriter Kelly Kuciemba: "The album was recorded at the Autopsy Room with Jesse O' Donnell and mastered by Kevin Nettlingham. The CD will contain three videos, including the recently-made video for the ...
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The reunited ANGELCORPSE has finished mixing its new album, entitled "Of Lucifer and Lightning". "It is everything ANGELCORPSE fans would expect and more from our fourth album," states guitarist Gene Palubicki. "These songs are several years in the making and just as our previous albums always had some new element amongst our usual holocaust this ...
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Bassist Rudy Sarzo (DIO, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE) has slammed QUIET RIOT vocalist Kevin DuBrow over DuBrow's constant slagging of Sarzo in the press, claiming that it's "a real mystery" as to why the singer continues to bash him in interviews. In a recent chat with "The Classic Metal Show", Sarzo insisted that DuBrow consistently didn't ...
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The reunited ANGELCORPSE is currently hard at work on its new album, entitled "Of Lucifer and Lightning". "John Longstreth [drums] has created some hammering drums for us to work with, and Gene [Palubicki, guitar] and I are hard at work tracking guitars, bass and vocals for the album," says bassist/vocalist Pete Helmkamp. "We promise that ...
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DEICIDE's European booking agency, Massive Music, has issued a statement explaining that it was "misinformed" by the group's record label, Earache Records, regarding the exact date when the band's frontman, Glen Benton, would be joining the group's in-progress European tour. Although Massive announced earlier in the week that Benton would be appearing with DEICIDE at ...
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Despite an announcement by DEICIDE's European booking agent, Massive Music, the band's frontman, Glen Benton, would join the group's in-progress European tour on January 13 in Paris, France after being forced to miss the first week of dates due to what is believed to be a pressing legal matter back home in Florida, Benton was ...
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A number of photos from DEICIDE's headlining show in London last night (Friday, January 12) have been posted online at this location (courtesy of Pete Woods). Filling in on vocals at the gig for DEICIDE vocalist/bassist Glen Benton were Garbaty "Yaha" (DISSENTER), Jason Peppiatt (PSYCROPTIC), Martin Pedersen (VISCERAL BLEEDING) and Solomon J Lucifer ...
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This one's a monster, folks. And really now, isn't it about time that you discovered Austria's most incendiary black/death metal act? The group has been on a roll ever since the unbridled Christ-crush of 2003's "Lucifer Incestus" (some would say, and not inaccurately, that it started way before that). The band took a sizeable step ...
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Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE have issued the following update: "After many unpredictable setbacks, we now have release dates for most of the TROUBLE catalog. 'Psalm 9' and 'The Skull' will be released worldwide on October 24, 2006, with added footage from those eras. The new CD, 'Simple Mind Condition', and 'Plastic Green Head' will ...
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Escapi Music has set a February 20, 2007 release date for the long-awaited new studio album from the legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE, entitled "Simple Mind Condition". The follow-up to 1995's "Plastic Green Head" was produced by Vinny Wojno (KREATOR, MACHINE HEAD) and features vocalist Eric Wagner, guitarists Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin, drummer Jeff Olson ...
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In a recent interview with Revolver magazine (web site), IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson spoke about some of his favorite songs off the band's new CD, "A Matter of Life and Death", which is scheduled for release in North America on September 5 via Sanctuary Records. "These Colours Don't Run": Bruce: "It's about ...
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German progressive black metallers SECRETS OF THE MOON have finished recording their third full-length album, "Antithesis", at Klangschmiede Studio E. The follow-up to 2004's "Carved in Stigmata Wounds" is scheduled for release on September 15 via Lupus Lounge. Commenting on the difference between "Antithesis" and "Carved in Stigmata Wounds", singer, guitarist and composer sGolden said, ...
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Austrian death/black metal act BELPHEGOR is currently looking for a new professional company/management to represent them for the release of their recently completed new album. Interested parties should contact the band at [email protected] Commented guitarist Sigurd: "All options are open at the moment. We just started [talking to] some labels which seem to be interested ...
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Swedish death metallers KAAMOS will play their last gig ever at the 2006 installment of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 10-12 in Bad Berka, Germany. KAAMOS recently had their first two albums — debut CD (originally issued in 2002) and "Lucifer Rising" (2005) — released on gatefold vinyl (including a ...
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Austrian death/black metal act BELPHEGOR have issued the following statetement regarding the cancellation of their appearance at the Death In The Forest festival — scheduled to take place today (May 20) at the Avalon in New York City: "Just returned from the Munich Airport, after waiting 18 hours to solve the visa problems. Even tough ...
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Austrian death/black metal act BELPHEGOR have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Death In The Forest festival — scheduled to take place today (May 20) at the Avalon in New York City — due to "visa problems," according to the band's official web site. Norwegian black metallers 1349 pulled out of the one-day ...
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Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, reunited Dutch death metallers SINISTER will **NOT** be performing at the 2006 edition of the Fuck the Commerce festival, set to take place May 25-27 at MZA (Mehrzweckhalle) in Luckau, Germany. "We never received a confirmation so we made other plans," the band write in a statement. As ...
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