British thrashers ONSLAUGHT recorded their performance at the Damnation Festival on November 22, 2008 in Leeds, U.K. for a live CD, "Live Damnation", to be released on July 20 through Candlelight Records. An e-card for the album can be accessed at this location. Fan-filmed video footage of ONSLAUGHT performing the song "Let There ...
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AlexIslegend.com conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Jeff Paulick of Kenosha, Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D. on May 24, 2009 when the band played Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts with TESTAMENT and UNEARTH. Watch the chat in two parts below. LAZARUS A.D. recently shot a video for the song "Thou Shall Not Fear" in the "storied and (supposedly) haunted ...
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EVILE, SUSPERIA, ONSLAUGHT and TOXIC HOLOCAUST have been confirmed for this year's Hard Rock Hell festival, set to take place December 4-5, 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn Sands. North Wales, United Kingdom. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGEL WITCH CLOVEN HOOF DEMON EVILE GIRLSCHOOL HYDROGYN LAUREN HARRIS MARYA ROXX NEW YORK DOLLS ...
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Phrozen TV conducted an interview with Kenosha, Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D. on May 16, 2009 when the band played Harpo's in Detroit, Michigan with TESTAMENT and UNEARTH. Watch the chat in two parts below. LAZARUS A.D. recently shot a video for the song "Thou Shall Not Fear" in the "storied and (supposedly) haunted Eagle's Ballroom in ...
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HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with Kenosha, Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D. on May 21, 2009 when the band played Montreal, Quebec, Canada with TESTAMENT and UNEARTH. Watch the 18-minute chat below. Also available is performance footage from the Montreal concert. LAZARUS A.D. recently shot a video for the song "Thou Shall Not Fear" in the ...
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British thrashers ONSLAUGHT recorded their performance at the Damnation Festival on November 22, 2008 in Leeds, U.K. for a live CD, "Live Damnation", to be released on July 20 through Candlelight Records. Check out the cover artwork below. Fan-filmed video footage of ONSLAUGHT performing the song "Let There Be Death" at last year's Damnation Festival ...
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AVALANCHE, the new project featuring Olof Mörck (NIGHTRAGE, DRAGONLAND), Jake E (ex-DREAM EVIL, DREAMLAND), Andy Solveström (WITHIN Y, EVILDOER, CIPHER SYSTEM) and Morten Lowe Sorensen (THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION), has changed its name to AMARANTHE. Commented Mörck: "Due to a legal dispute and copyright claims, we have decided to change our name to AMARANTHE. The ...
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Guitarist Dan Gapen of Kenosha, Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D. will be interviewed live on Metal Assault Radio today (Monday May 18) at 2:00 p.m. EST. To listen to the program via the Internet, go to this location. LAZARUS A.D. recently shot a video for the song "Thou Shall Not Fear" in the "storied and ...
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Legendary vocalist Steve Grimmett (GRIM REAPER, LIONSHEART, ONSLAUGHT, STEVE GRIMMETT BAND) has recorded vocals for the brand new intro song of "The Metal Madman" radio show. The track, which which was recorded with Steve's current project GRIMMSTINE, can be heard at this location. GRIMMSTINE guitarist Steve Stine will be interviewed by "Lovely Laura" ...
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CANDLEMASS, MAYHEM, SOLITUDE AETURNUS and DEW-SCENTED are among the newly confirmed bands for the Rock City Open Air 2009 festival, set to take place August 20-23 in Fetesti, Romania. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGATHODAIMON AMON AMARTH ANCIENT RITES BELPHEGOR BETRAYER BLAZE BAYLEY BLOOD RED THRONE BRAINSTORM BUCOVINA CANDLEMASS CIRITH GORGOR CLAYMORE ...
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Fangoria, an internationally distributed U.S. film fan magazine specializing in the genres of horror, slasher, splatter and exploitation films, recently conducted an interview with Kenosha, Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D.. Watch the five-minute chat below. LAZARUS A.D. recently shot a video for the song "Thou Shall Not Fear" in the "storied and (supposedly) haunted Eagle's Ballroom in ...
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada's STARRING JANET LEIGH has posted a new song, "Mistress", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's debut full-length album, "Spectrum", which is scheduled for release on May 12 via Ironclad Recordings (Trevor Phipps of UNEARTH's label). The CD was recorded in June and September 2007 with ...
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"The Atheena Show" conducted an interview with reunited Texas heavy metallers MILITIA on December 5, 2008 at the Rockstar Sports Bar in Fort Worth, Texas. Watch the three-minute chat below. Also available is footage of the band performing the song "Search For Steel" on April 26, 2009 at Die Halle in Frankfurt, Germany (courtesy of ...
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British thrashers ONSLAUGHT recorded their performance at the Damnation Festival on November 22, 2008 in Leeds, U.K. for a live CD, to be released later in 2009 through Candlelight Records. Drummer Steve Grice states, "The live album has been mixed and approved and is now heading its way to record company [headquarters] to go to ...
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Chicago-area psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM has issued the following update: "It is with much honor to announce our upcoming mini-tour with U.S. rock/doom legends PENTAGRAM!!! The tour kicks off right here in our neighborhood in Chicago and will take us to the West Coast and then down to Texas for six exclusive performances with ...
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TESTAMENT, KREATOR, ANTHRAX, DESTRUCTION, SODOM and OVERKILL are among the featured bands on the "Thrash 'Til Death" compilation, due on May 15 via Germany's AFM Records. The track listing for the double-CD set is as follows: CD 1: 01. TANKARD - Stay Thirsty 02. OVERKILL - What It Takes 03. KREATOR - ...
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Click here to download the latest Metal Blade podcast, featuring Rochester, New York-based tech grindcore/hardcore outfit PSYOPUS and Kenosha, Wisconsin thrashers LAZARUS A.D. It contains special interviews, music and more. PSYOPUS's new album, "Odd Senses", sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. ...
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Kenosha, Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D. recently shot a video for the song "Thou Shall Not Fear" in the "storied and (supposedly) haunted Eagle's Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin." The clip, which "will give you a good idea of the band's powerful and engaging live performance," can be viewed below. (Note: Video stream may not be available to ...
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Kenosha, Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D. recently shot a video for the song "Thou Shall Not Fear" in the "storied and (supposedly) haunted Eagle's Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin." The clip, which "will give you a good idea of the band's powerful and engaging live performance," will premiere online at HeadbangersBlog.com on April 16 and on MTV2's "Headbangers ...
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ROSS THE BOSS, SANITY'S RAGE, KILLER and THE DIFFERENCE have been confirmed for the second edition of the Alcatraz Metal Festival, set to take place on Saturday, August 8 at Brielpoort in Deinze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL HELSTAR KILLER ONSLAUGHT ROSS THE BOSS SANITY'S RAGE SAXON SPOIL ENGINE ...
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AVALANCHE, the new project featuring Olof Mörck (NIGHTRAGE, DRAGONLAND), Jake E (ex-DREAM EVIL, DREAMLAND), Andy Solveström (WITHIN Y, EVILDOER, CIPHER SYSTEM) and Morten Lowe Sorensen (THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION), has posted video footage from the pre-production sessions for the band's debut album. The four-minute clip below features the creation of the brand new AVALANCHE song ...
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello continued the all-star onslaught on the current leg of his Justice Tour on Saturday (March 28), with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor, ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and ALICE IN CHAINS axeman Jerry Cantrell joining him at the Hollywood stop of the tour. Also appearing were Wayne Kramer of ...
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AVALANCHE, the new project featuring Olof Mörck (NIGHTRAGE, DRAGONLAND), Jake E (ex-DREAM EVIL, DREAMLAND), Andy Solveström (WITHIN Y, EVILDOER, CIPHER SYSTEM) and Morten Lowe Sorensen (THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION), has issued the following update: "The writing of the debut album is nearing completion, and studio time has been booked, and AVALANCHE is entering the studio ...
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HAMMERFALL, KREATOR, BELPHEGOR and ICON have been confirmed for the Rock Area festival, set to take place August 20-22, 2009 in Loreley, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH A.O.K. BELPHEGOR BOLT THROWER BRAINSTORM CALLEJON CLEAN STATE DIMPLE MINDS ELUVEITIE ENDSTILLE EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS HACKNEYED HAMMERFALL HEAVEN SHALL BURN LETZTE INSTANZ ICON ...
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This one hits so hard it hurts. There is happy thrash and there is mean thrash. Guess how I'd categorize "The Onslaught" by Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D.? Right, it's meaner than a hungry pit bull with rabies. The album was floating around for an extended period as an independent release before Brian Slagel snatched it up ...
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On January 10, 2009, Joe Wyatt of the Metallic Onslaught conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Paul Arnold of the reunited Virginia thrash metal legends AT WAR. Watch the chat in two parts below. AT WAR entered Pyramid Sound studios in Ithaca, New York on January 4, 2009 to start recording its first album in 20 ...
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Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL have been confirmed have been confirmed for the Rock City Open Air 2009 festival, set to take place August 20-23 in Fetesti, Romania. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGATHODAIMON AMON AMARTH ANCIENT RITES BETRAYER BLAZE BAYLEY BLOOD RED THRONE BRAINSTORM BUCOVINA CIRITH GORGOR CLAYMORE CROSSOVER DAWN OF DESTINY ...
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THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND — the U.K.-based group led by former GRIM REAPER/ONSLAUGHT singer Steve Grimmett — has replaced ex-TNT frontman Tony Harnell on the billing of the Z Rock 2009 festival, set to take place May 29-30, 2009 at JB's in Dudley, England. The event organizers said in a statement: "As most of you ...
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Cleveland, Ohio's CHIMAIRA will release its new album, "The Infection", in North America on April 21 via Ferret Music and in Europe on April 24 through Nuclear Blast. The CD was mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City with Ted Jensen and Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, TERROR, THE ACACIA STRAIN). ...
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British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Rock City Open Air 2009 festival, set to take place August 20-23 in Fetesti, Romania. Guitarist Nige Rockett comments: "This is gonna be an awesome and crazy event, if our last visit to Romania was anything to go by. We met some wonderful people and made some ...
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