A brand-new EMINENCE track, entitled "Written in Dust", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/eminenceband. The song is a pre-production version of a cut that will appear on the Brazilian extreme metallers' next CD, tentatively due next year. As previously reported, EMINENCE recently uploaded a live video of the track "Hawking Radiation", recorded on ...
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There's plenty of people — many of them on the message boards of this site — who loathe SLIPKNOT, some for reasons that are legitimate (at least in their eyes), others simply because they're haters. Like every band that does something out of the ordinary, the nine-piece group from Iowa is an acquired taste. Despite ...
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Trinidad-based rock band ORANGE SKY has just been named the opening act for the upcoming fall 2005 U.S. tour by guitar wizard YNGWIE MALMSTEEN. ORANGE SKY will be promoting its Granite Records debut CD, "Upstairs", and DVD, "Live In Trinidad", on the 17-date run of shows from October 31 to December 7. Band members include ...
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Reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION will play two exclusive headlining concerts focusing solely on the old songs. The first show is scheduled for December 30 at Kolingsborg (The Shrine) in Stockholm, Sweden (with special guests BEHEMOTH), while the second one will take place on January 28 at the Winternoize Festival in Osnabrück, Germany. These shows ...
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Young label Pivotal Rockordings (from the same folks who brought you Pivotal Rage webzine) did well for themselves by signing Sweden's SONIC SYNDICATE as its first act. Ranging in age from a mere 17 to a ripe old 22, the members of this sextet have crafted a mature, confident album of Swedish-style melodic death metal ...
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London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have posted the following message on their official web site: "Bass player Adrian Lambert has announced that he is to leave DRAGONFORCE with immediate effect. [Being] the father of a young son, the increasingly busy tour schedule of the band has precluded him from spending time with his child. ...
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Northern California's GIANT SQUID have inked a deal with The End Records. GIANT SQUID garnered the attention of eclectic indie-metal label The End Records with their self-released first album, "Metridium Field", engineered by legendary veteran producer of heavy music, Billy Anderson (NEUROSIS, MELVINS, HIGH ON FIRE, MR. BUNGLE). This original release, featuring the concussion-inducing beats ...
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High-quality videos of the complete live performances by ARCTURUS, TSJUDER, RED HARVEST and CONFESSOR, recorded at this year's Sonic Solstice festival, which took place on September 24, 2005 at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway, have been made available for streaming and download at Gigs.no. The set times are as follows: ARCTURUS - 1 hour ...
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Reunited Finnish speed/thrash metal pioneers NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE have completed work on their new album, entitled "Resurrection of the Wicked". The CD was recorded at the new Helgate Studio and was mixed at Tonebox Studio by Kakke Vähäkuopus. The band recorded a total of 15 tracks, 10 of which will be chosen for the album's ...
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I like Zakk Wylde as much as the next guy, his denim-and-leather-clad, grease-stained, beer-swilling aesthetic always welcome in my house. While I'll probably always prefer albums like "Stronger than Death" and "Sonic Brew" to those released since (with the possible exception of "1919 Eternal"), I can't say that there has been anything Mr. Wylde released ...
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According to a posting on the official DRAGONFORCE web site, the band's U.S debut show — scheduled for November 22 at CBGB in New York — was sold out in one day. However, "35 tickets were held back for sale on the night of the show, on the door at CBGB, on a first come, ...
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SEVENDUST will be making two national radio appearances on Monday, October 24. That morning they'll appear live on "The Mancow Show" from the program's Chicago studio starting at 9:00 a.m. CT. They'll be performing three songs from their latest effort, "Next", and answering questions from host Mancow. Fans should check www.mancow.com for station ...
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According to PyroMusic.net, reactivated Australian metallers INFERNAL METHOD will finally release their long-awaited debut album around December 5, 2005 via Ward 69 Records (with MGM Distribution). The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Perpetual Sonic Obliteration 02. Reanimating the Wicked (mp3) 03. ...To the Innards of the ...
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THE EXPLOITED, GBH and DEAD KENNEDYS are among the artists featured on the "God Save The Queen – A Punk Rock Anthology" DVD, due on Decemebr 6 via Music Video Distributors. This 75-minute DVD includes twenty-one live and studio performance video clips from the best old-school punk bands. It's a collection that best exemplifies roots ...
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Sweden-based metal sextet SONIC SYNDICATE (formerly FALLEN ANGELS) have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Oct. 28 - Stockholm, SWE – Klubben Nov. 03 - Nyköping, SWE – Rockroad Nov. 26 - Alingsås, SWE – Fabriken Dec. 09 - Falkenberg, SWE – Lusthuset Dec. 10 - Copenhagen, DEN – The Rock Dec. ...
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Portland-based goth metallers NICODEMUS are seeking a full-time keyboard player for recording and touring. Keyboards on the band's previous albums had been handled by vocalist/bassist Christopher Morris. The group have decided to enlist the talents of a full-time keyboard player for future releases and tours. Interested candidates must be willing to relocate to the Pacific ...
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Brazilian extreme metallers EMINENCE, who feature in their ranks former SEPULTURA guitarist Jairo Guedz on bass, have commenced the songwriting process for their new album, tentatively due next year. So far, one track has been completed: "Written in Dust". As previously reported, EMINENCE recently uploaded a live video of the track "Hawking Radiation", recorded on ...
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London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE will make their long-awaited U.S. live debut by playing a headlining show at the CBGB in New York on November 22. This will be DRAGONFORCE's only U.S. headlining concert this year. As previously reported, DRAGONFORCE have completed work on their eagerly anticipated third album, entitled "Inhuman Rampage". The follow-up ...
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London-based metallers DRAGONFORCE have completed work on their eagerly anticipated third album, entitled "Inhuman Rampage". The follow-up to 2004's "Sonic Firestorm" contains eight brand new songs and will be released on January 9, 2006. The album recording sessions were made at Thin Ice Studios in Virginia Water (Surrey) and guitarist Herman Li's own studio in ...
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According to a posting on DISSECTION's official web site, the reactivated Swedish death metallers have reacquired the rights to their classic "Storm of the Lights Bane" album from Nuclear Blast. In addition, Black Lodge's licensing rights to the group's 1993 debut, "The Somberlain", will expire in December. Both albums are currently out of print and ...
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Displeased Records has announced plans to reissue the 1995 album "Solar Lovers" from the acclaimed Dutch metal band CELESTIAL SEASON in a combined package with three EPs as bonus material: "Sonic Orb" (1995), "Above Azure Oceans" (1994) and "Flowerskin" (1993). The re-release is expected before the end of the year. ...
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Photos of reunited North Carolina-based progressive metallers CONFESSOR performing live in Oslo, Norway in late September as part of the Sonic Solstice festival, have been posted online in the "Pics" section of the band's official web site, www.confessorband.com. Additionally, the group are putting the finishing touches on their new music video which will ...
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Long out of print and available on CD for the first time, GAMMACIDE's 1990 release, "Victims of Science", has been reissued. All nine tracks of ripping thrash metal intensity have been digitally remastered for maximum sonic damage. As a special bonus, six extra tracks have been included: the four ultra-brutal tracks from the 1991 demo ...
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After crushing the U.K. in October with a brace of shows and the unleashing of the beast that is new album "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone", British Satanic metallers AKERCOCKE have announced they will be teaming up with MORTICIAN and BLOOD RED THRONE to lay waste to the continent that will formerly ...
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Guitarist Markus Vanhalla of the Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM has issued the following update: "OMNIUM GATHERUM is doing only two gigs at the end of this year, as we have to take a pause in composing material for the new album. These gigs are both Finnish indoor festivals — Rocklinna Metal Fest in November ...
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Earache Records has set an October 10 European release date for the fourth album from U.K. satanic death metallers AKERCOCKE, entitled "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone". The album will be released in two different formats — regular CD and limited edition version containing a bonus 30-minute DVD with exclusive footage of the ...
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DYSRHYTHMIA will be entering B.C. Studios in Brooklyn, NY with engineer Martin Bisi (SWANS, SONIC YOUTH, JOHN ZORN) in early December to record their new album, entitled "Barriers and Passages". "Barriers and Passages" is set for a spring 2006 release. A demo version of a new DYSRHYTHMIA track, entitled "Sleep Decayer", is available for download ...
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Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING have set "The Winter Wake" as the title of their third album, due on January 27, 2006 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Wyrd" was recorded at Sherpa Studios (Italy), mixed at Sonic Pump Studios by Nino Laurenne and mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mika Jussilla. According to a ...
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WINTERSUN, the band led by former ENSIFERUM singer Jari Mäenpää, have set "Time" as the working title of their new album, tentatively due late 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to the group's self-titled debut album (released last September) will be recorded in May 2006 at Sonic Pump Studios with producer Nino Laurenne. "The ...
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The international release date for Finnish techno-thrashers AMORAL's second album, "Decrowning", is now October 10 and not November 21 as previously announced. The Finnish release date for the CD is still October 5. "Decrowning" was mastered on August 4 at Finnvox studios by Mika Jussila. AMORAL signed a deal with Spikefarm in July 2004 following ...
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