Nuclear Blast and Amazon.com have teamed up to provide metalheads everywhere with the "Sinister Spring Sampler" featuring the following eleven bands and tracks from the label's all-star roster: * EXODUS - "The Hammer And Life" (demo) * ELUVEITIE - "Thousandfold" * ARSIS - "Beyond Forlorn" * ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY - "Cryogenica" * MNEMIC - ...
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SUICIDAL ANGELS and LOST SOUL have been confirmed for the 15-year-anniversary edition of the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 12-14, 2010 in Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARSIS AURA NOIR BLEED FROM WITHIN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORPSE CATAMENIA CONVERGE DEMONIC RESURRECTION DESPISED ICON DEVIN TOWNSEND DEVOURMENT DIABLO ...
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Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL will kick off their "A Declaration Of Hate - European Tour 2010" with ZONARIA, CARACH ANGREN and NEFARIUM tonight (Friday, March 5) at Valhall in Skövde, Sweden. Commented DARK FUENRAL guitarist Lord Ahriman: "We have just completed two days of pre-production for the tour at Avenyn, which is a big ...
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Metal Hangar 18 conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Peter Tägtgren of Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY prior to the band's February 27 concert at the Blue Box club in Sofia, Bulgaria. Watch the chat below. HYPOCRISY's Sofia show was filmed for an upcoming DVD release. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Valley Of ...
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ENSIFERUM and MACABRE have been confirmed for the 15-year-anniversary edition of the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 12-14, 2010 in Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARSIS AURA NOIR BLEED FROM WITHIN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORPSE CATAMENIA CONVERGE DEMONIC RESURRECTION DESPISED ICON DEVIN TOWNSEND DEVOURMENT DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ...
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Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rockharz Open Air festival, set to take place July 8-10 at Flugplatz in Ballenstedt/Harz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLACK MESSIAH BURNING SKIES DARK AGE DEICIDE DELAIN DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER DORO EISBRECHER END OF GREEN ENSIFERUM EQUILIBRIUM EXCREMENTORY ...
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Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY filmed their February 27 concert at the Blue Box club in Sofia, Bulgaria for a forthcoming DVD. A report on the DVD shoot can be found at Tangra Mega Rock. Photos are available at this location. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below. HYPOCRISY ...
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Drummer Joakim Antonsson has left Swedish melodic death metallers THE COLD EXISTENCE in order to focus on his other band NOX AUREA. The remaining members of THE COLD EXISTENCE say in a statement, "There is no hard feelings between the band and Joakim for this and we wish him good luck with his other bands." ...
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The following bands have been added to this year's installment of the Hellfest, set to take place June 18-20, 2010 in Clisson, France: AIRBOURNE ALICE COOPER ANNIHILATOR AS I LAY DYING BLASPHEME CARCASS DEFTONES DOOM ELECTRIC MARY VULCAIN EXODUS FEAR FACTORY FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM HYPOCRISY INFECTIOUS GROOVES KALISIA MASS HYSTERIA MOTÖRHEAD SAXON SLAYER STONE ...
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Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY will finally make their long-awaited return to North America in May. Support on the trek will come from HATE, BLACKGUARD and SWASHBUCKLE. HYPOCRISY has now added a special event VIP ticket for a pre-show meet-and-greet to take place one hour before doors. Each night, fans will get to meet and greet ...
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Finnish metallers NORTHER have issued the following update: "During the last couple of months [guitarist] Daniel [Freyberg] from NAILDOWN has been helping us out with our recent live duties. Since he turned out to be a perfect fit in every way we decided to offer him to become a permanent member of the band. Besides ...
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FEAR FACTORY, CANDLEMASS, MOONSORROW, TANKARD and AURA NOIR have been confirmed for the 15-year-anniversary edition of the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 12-14, 2010 in Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARSIS AURA NOIR BLEED FROM WITHIN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORPSE CATAMENIA CONVERGE DEMONIC RESURRECTION DESPISED ICON DEVIN ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of OVERKILL's February 19, 2010 performance at Sala Salamandra in Barcelona, Spain can be viewed below. Photos of OVERKILL's Febraury 19, 2010 concert played at CCO in Villeurbanne in Lyon, France can be found on MetalChroniques.fr. The band's setlist for the Lyon show was as follows: 01. The Green And ...
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Swedish extreme-metal veterans HYPOCRISY will take part in a signing session at Scrape Records in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 18 prior to their show at The Rickshaw with SCAR SYMMETRY, HATE, SWASHBUCKLE and BLACKGUARD. The exact time of day will be announced closer to the date, but expect a late afternoon signing. For more ...
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Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with guitarist Mikael Hedlund of Swedish extreme metal veterans HYPOCRISY on February 17, 2010 when the band played in Vienna, Austria. Watch the chat below. HYPOCRISY will finally make its long-awaited return to North America in May. Support on the trek will come from HATE, BLACKGUARD and ...
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MEGADETH, MASTODON, OBITUARY, OVERKILL and TESTAMENT are among the confirmed bands for the thirteenth annual Tuska festival, set to take place July 2-4, 2010 in Helsinki, Finland. Devin Townsend will perform his "Ziltoid The Omniscient" concept album in its entirety on Friday, July 2 as a special one-off world-exclusive show. The festival billing is shaping ...
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Vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL was interviewed on the February 10 edition of the "Metal Crypt" show on Hard Rock Radio Live. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. OVERKILL's new album, "Ironbound", sold 4,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release ...
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"Ironbound", the new album from veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL, sold 4,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 192 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new ...
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Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL on February 13, 2010 when the band played at Randal Club in Bratislava, Slovakia. Watch the chat below. "Ironbound", the new album from OVERKILL, is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music. ...
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A collection of recordings from NEVERMORE singer Warrel Dane's pre-SANCTUARY band SERPENT'S KNIGHT is being released via Shadow Kingdom Records under the title "Silent Knight...Of Myth And Destiny". According to a press release, "This was the very first heavy metal band [Warrel] was in. The band was never able to make a proper recording of ...
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Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY have been added to the "A Taste of Extreme Divinity" tour as direct support to headliners HYPOCRISY. Commented guitarist Per Nilsson: "Touring the U.S. with our buddies HYPOCRISY, are you f***ing kidding me?! We'd better make reservations at the Betty Ford clinic! Man, is this going to be ...
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DREAM EVIL, MÅNEGARM, DEW-SCENTED, SIDEBLAST, PARKWAY DRIVE and PSYCHOPUNCH have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2010 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 AGNOSTIC FRONT AHAB ANATHEMA ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY ASPHYX BARREN EARTH BEHEMOTH CALLISTO CANNIBAL CORPSE ...
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"Bring Me The Night", the new video from veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL, can be viewed below. The clip was shot on January 9 in Brooklyn, New York with director Kevin Custer (HATEBREED, TESTAMENT, SUFFOCATION). In a recent interview with RockMusicStar.com, OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth stated about the "Bring Me The Night" ...
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"Ironbound", the new album from veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL, is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music. "Ironbound" was released on February 9 via E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records). The CD, which was issued in Europe on January 29 via Nuclear Blast Records, was mixed by PAIN/HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren ...
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HYPOCRISY, RAGNAROK and ARSIS have been confirmed for the 15-year-anniversary edition of the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 12-14, 2010 in Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARSIS BLEED FROM WITHIN CANNIBAL CORPSE CATAMENIA CONVERGE DEMONIC RESURRECTION DESPISED ICON DEVIN TOWNSEND DEVOURMENT DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA DYING FETUS ...
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Sarjoo Devani of the Explicitly Intense web site recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. OVERKILL kicked off its European tour this past Saturday night (February 6) at De Pul in Uden, The ...
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DEICIDE, MARDUK and VADER have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rockharz Open Air festival, set to take place July 8-10 at Flugplatz in Ballenstedt/Harz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLACK MESSIAH BURNING SKIES DARK AGE DEICIDE DELAIN DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER DORO EISBRECHER END OF GREEN ENSIFERUM EQUILIBRIUM EXCREMENTORY ...
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Swedish metallers PAIN will release a new live CD that was recorded on March 23-24, 2009 at the Zenith in Paris, France during the band's European tour with NIGHTWISH. In other news, PAIN's most recent studio album, "Cynic Paradise", will be made available in the U.S. with a bonus CD including the Paris live recordings. ...
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Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL kicked off their European tour this past Saturday night (February 6) at De Pul in Uden, The Netherlands. Support at the gig came from SUICIDAL ANGELS, SAVAGE MESSIAH and CRIPPER. A number of high-quality photos from the show can be found at Metal-Experience.com. OVERKILL's setlist was as follows: ...
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Swiss death metallers REQUIEM have issued the following update: "After 13 years vocalist Michi Kuster has decided to leave the band due to family reasons. It's not possible for him anymore to take part of the busy band schedule. "Michi will play his last show with REQUIEM on February 11, 2010 at Dynamo, Zurich (Switzerland) ...
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