Sole remaining original member Jeff Becerra (vocals) of the reactivated California death metal pioneers POSSESSED became very ill while touring in Europe. The group, now featuring Becerra backed by members of California's SADISTIC INTENT, was playing shows on the European continent in preparation for Norway's Hole In The Sky festival, which took place August 27-30 ...
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By: Scott Alisoglu CANNIBAL CORPSE is a band of the people; well, the death metal people anyway. Since forming in 1987, the unit has always given the fans what they've wanted — consistently good albums, gore-drenched lyrics, and staggering levels of brutality. The quintet's dedication, work ethic, and business sense has turned them into one ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of Dutch progressive/extreme metallers TEXTURES performing the song "Regeniesis" at this year's Lowlands festival, which was held August 15-17 in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands can be viewed at 3voor12. TEXTURES has posted the first episode of its podcast featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the Lowlands festival. Watch it below. TEXTURES will ...
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Reactivated California death metal pioneers POSSESSED — featuring sole original member Jeff Becerra (vocals) backed by members of California's SADISTIC INTENT — have cancelled their appearance at the Hole in the Sky festival, set to take place August 27-30 in Bergen, Norway. The festival organizers explain in a statement, "Jeff Becerra is hospitalized with a ...
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CRADLE TO GRAVE, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has been forced to cancel its recently announced tour of the West Coast after the group was detained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "for suspicion of either sneaking drugs in or attempting to seek work illegally, despite the fact ...
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Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES will release a box set called "Goth'n'Roll" in Finland on Halloween. The box set will contain three CDs and one DVD. "Goth'N'Roll" documents THE 69 EYES' period from 1998 to 2003 when the band broke into the mainstream success in Finland and spread their Helsinki vampire bat wings over ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I am writing this while sitting in my studio, and Justis [Dave's 16-year-old son] and his friend from school, Ryan (a drummer) are in the lounge room blasting KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and now RUSH for songs for ...
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CRADLE TO GRAVE, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has announced the details of its upcoming West Coast North American tour. The band will be hitting markets on the coasts of Canada, US. and Mexico throughout the month of August. Commented Sasquatch: "This is the time of the year where ...
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MEGADETH is auctioning wrist splints that were worn by the band's mainman Dave Mustaine after an injury that almost ended his career. During the first week of January 2002, Mustaine suffered a compressed radial nerve, normally referred to as "Saturday Night Palsy," in his left hand and arm by hanging his arm over ...
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More bands have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Indianapolis Metal Fest, set to take place September 26-27 at Madame Walker Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana. The festival includes an assortment of headliner-status and personally chosen unsigned artists, including three bands that will be making their U.S. debuts. The festival billing is shaping up ...
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As the story goes, vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer left German thrash juggernaut DESTRUCTION after the decade of the 80s came to a close and formed HEADHUNTER, the music of which was more akin to power metal (albeit without the glitz and glam) than straight up thrash. The band released a few albums before Schmier rejoined ...
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DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Sven Atle Kopperud (a.k.a. Silenoz) recently spoke to UK's Terrorizer magazine about INSIDIOUS (formerly INSIDIOUS DISEASE), the international metal project featuring members of DIMMU BORGIR, NAPALM DEATH, OLD MAN'S CHILD and MORGOTH. Currently unsigned, INSIDIOUS (see band photo below) recently spent time at a studio in Norway recording 12 songs with Terje ...
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In the October 2008 issue of Guitar World magazine, which is on sale now, POSSESSED frontman Jeff Becerra talks candidly about the 1989 shooting that left him paralyzed from the chest down, his battle with drugs and alcohol, the early days of the Bay Area thrash metal scene and his future as a wheelchair-bound frontman ...
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Dutch progressive/extreme metallers TEXTURES will have their latest album, "Silhouettes", released in North America on September 30 via Listenable/Koch. The band is planning to tour the U.S. in support of the CD during the first quarter of 2009. "Silhouettes" recently entered the Dutch album chart at position No. 100. This is the band's first chart ...
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Dutch progressive/extreme metallers TEXTURES have been forced to cancel their previously announced July 6 appearance at the Metalcamp festival in Tolmin, Slovenia due to the fact that Eric Kalsbeek (vocals) is suffering from "throat problems." "After having his throat examined at the hospital, doctors found out that Eric had an abnormal reaction to allergies which ...
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Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen (who now fronts AGUA DE ANNIQUE) joined Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL earlier today (Friday, June 27) for their appearance at the Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Dessel, Belgium. She sang the song "Scorpion Flower" as a duet with MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro. Check out pictures of the performance at ...
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French metallers PHAZM who are fronted by former SCARVE singer Pierrick Valence will release their third album, "Cornerstone Of The Macabre", mid-September via Osmose Productions. The CD was recorded at Sainte-Marthe Studio with producer Francis Caste (HANGMAN'S CHAIR, ARKHON INFAUSTUS, EIBON, ZULL FX). "Cornerstone Of The Macabre" track listing: 01. Love Me Rotten (Love Me ...
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According to NME.com, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme has defended himself against accusations that he is a homophobe after an outburst at a show in Norway. Homme had a fan pulled from the crowd after a bottle was thrown at him during their set at the Norwegian Wood festival in ...
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Mexico's Search & Destroy webzine has posted photos of MEGADETH's June 18 concert at Vive Cuervo Salon in Mexico City. Check them out at this location. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Sleepwalker 02. Wake Up Dead 03. Take No Prisoners 04. Skin O My Teeth 05. Washington Is Next 06. Kick ...
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Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen (who now fronts AGUA DE ANNIQUE) will join Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL for their appearance at the Graspop Metal Meeting festival on on Friday, June 27 in Dessel, Belgium at 16.30 at the Marquee 1. She will sing the song "Scorpion Flower" as a duet with MOONSPELL frontman Fernando ...
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Former EMPEROR drummer Brd G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; also of SCUM, ABORYM) has released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET disputing DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton's account of Glen's meeting with late MAYHEM mainman Euronymous. As part of the "Going Postal" feature in the August 2008 issue of Revolver magazine, Glen was asked a series of ...
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OPETH mainman Mikael kerfeldt has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "We made it! First tour in support of 'Watershed' nailed down! We really enjoyed the Progressive Nation tour, all of us. It was one of the smoothest and quickest runs we've ever done. Great company too! All the guys from DREAM THEATER ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Over the last six months, we have had almost a dozen [road crew] changes at monitors and sound due to visas, deaths, and inadequacy. "Tonight [Friday, June 6 in So Paulo, Brazil] I had to walk ...
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Professionally filmed footage of MOONSPELL's June 5, 2008 peformance at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal can be viewed below. MOONSPELL's new album, "Night Eternal", entered the national chart in Portugal at No. 3 and in Germany at No. 62. The follow-up to 2006's "Memorial" was recorded at Antfarm studios in Denmark with ...
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Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen (who now fronts AGUA DE ANNIQUE) will be unable to join Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL for their appearance at the Rock in Rio 2008 festival on June 5 in Lisbon, Portugal. Comments Anneke: "When I was driving home from a show in Amsterdam last night, the flu treated me ...
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MOONSPELL's new album, "Night Eternal", has registered the following first-week chart positions: Portugal: #3 Germany: #62 The follow-up to 2006's "Memorial" was recorded at Antfarm studios in Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY, HALFORD). Two editions of the record were made available: A limited double digipack with different artwork, one bonus track ...
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Toronto's CANCER BATS will release its much-anticipated sophomore full-length album, "Hail Destroyer", on June 24 via Black Market Activities. According to a press release, "Hail Destroyer" sees CANCER BATS "mature sonically and evolving as they incorporate the past, present of hardcore while they pave out its future." In a February 2008 interview with ChartAttack.com, CANCER ...
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Holland's FaceCulture has posted an interview with TEXTURES producer and guitarist Jochem Jacobs conducted in his Split Second Sound studio in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Jochem spoke about the process of building the track "Awake" from the demo version to the finished album cut. Watch the interview below. "Awake" is a track from the ...
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MOONSPELL members Fernando Ribeiro and Ricardo Amorim (guitar) performed a short acoustic set on Monday (May 19) on the biggest morning radio show on Portugal's national radio, Antena 3. Footage of the song "Dreamless (Lucifer And Lilith)" can be viewed below. Check out photos of the performance at this location. MOONSPELL's video ...
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TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #54), featuring MOONSPELL drummer Miguel "Mike" Gaspar. The interview lasts approximately 35 minutes and is available at this location. MOONSPELL members Fernando Ribeiro and Ricardo Amorim (guitar) performed a short acoustic set on Monday (May 19) on the biggest morning radio show on Portugal's national radio, ...
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