XXX MANIAK and THROATPLUNGER, two of the "most offensive" bands on the planet, have teamed up for a special seven-inch release featuring previously unreleased material from both bands. This highly collectible seven-inch is the fifth release of the Slimewave series and is to be put together to form one 42" x 42" image of an ...
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HAIL OF BULLETS, the new band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen, has inked a deal with Metal Blade Records. HAIL OF BULLETS was formed in late 2006 through a mutual love for old-school death ...
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Norwegian death metal band GROTESQUE HYSTERECTOMY, which recently added bassist Birger Larsen (GRIMFIST, DEAD TROOPER) to its ranks, will release its debut album, "Reek", on December 10 via Støy Music. The 100 first copies will include the "Hysterectomy 1-2-3" kit consisting of a scalpel, mask, gloves and a surgery guide. "Reek" track listing: 01. Reek ...
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The Associated Press reports that Linda Stein, a pioneer in New York's punk music scene who later became known as a real estate "broker to the stars," was beaten to death inside her Manhattan apartment, the medical examiner ruled. Stein's daughter found her body Tuesday night face down in the living room of ...
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GRAVEHILL, the new band featuring former members of MORGION, GASP, KEEN OF THE CROW, PHOBIA, CRIMSON RELIC, MALFUNCTION and SELF INFLICTED, will release an EP, entitled simply "Metal of Death", on October 31 through Metal Horde Productions. According to the band's official bio, "the GRAVEHILL modus operandi is everything our contemporaries are not… brutal, ugly, ...
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DESPISED ICON vocalist Alex Erian has commented on the band's upcoming European tour with MISERY INDEX as well as BENEATH THE MASSACRE, MAN MUST DIE (mainland Europe only), and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY (UK only). "After months of planning, this tour is finally coming together!" he said. We can’t wait to tour Europe and the ...
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MISERY INDEX and DESPISED ICON will team up for a European co-headlining tour (MISERY INDEX will headline the mainland leg of the tour and DESPISED ICON headlines the UK dates) in January/February. Support at all shows will come from BENEATH THE MASSACRE, with ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY opening in the UK and MAN MUST DIE ...
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MetalKult.com has posted two new live videos — "Chosen By No One" and "Here's To Hoping" — from Chicago black metal band NACHTMYSTIUM. The tracks appeared on the band's 2006 release, "Instinct: Decay". The footage was acquired on May 14, 2007 BB King Blues Club & Grill in New York City, when NACHTMYSTIUM were playing ...
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The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: The death of a 20-year-old man at a SMASHING PUMPKINS show in Vancouver, Canada last week was not the result of injuries sustained while moshing or crowd-surfing, according to the Globe and Mail. Following an autopsy on Friday (September 27), Vancouver regional coroner Owen Court said, ...
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CBC News reports that a Richmond, British Columbia (Canada) man who died Monday night (September 24) at a SMASHING PUMPKINS rock show in Vancouver was crowd-surfing before he collapsed, the provincial coroner's service said Tuesday. The coroner found no trauma to the man's head or any other part of his body. The cause ...
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MetalKult.com has posted a new live video of NACHTMYSTIUM performing the song "My Vengeance" from the band's 2004 EP, "Eulogy IV". The video was filmed in New York City on May 14, 2007, when NACHTMYSTIUM was in the city supporting WATAIN. Also available on MetalKult.com is live footage of WATAIN's "Sworn to the Dark" from ...
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Ferret Music has announced a partnership with the U.K.-based Siege Of Amida Records (a.k.a. SOAR) for North America. Carl Severson of Ferret says of the deal, "We will be jointly releasing records together for the U.S. SOAR will be handling A&R and Ferret believes strongly in their vision. We have had a long friendship with ...
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U.S. psychedelic black metal heathens NACHTMYSTIUM have been forced to cancel two dates on their current West Coast tour with SKELETONWITCH — last night's (Sept. 6) show at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, CA and tonight's (Sept. 7) gig at the Trilogy Theater in Victorville, CA. NACHTMYSTIUM's hired drummer Duane Timlin (DIVINE EMPIRE, DYING ...
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U.S. psychedelic black metal heathens NACHTMYSTIUM will be dousing the West Coast with their volatile brew of mesmerizing, organically-blackened metal. Joining the savages will be Ohio's filthy thrash assassins SKELETONWITCH, making for a solid 11 dates of pirate-style boozing, belligerent tomfoolery and a disgustingly heavy dose of pure metal. NACHTMYSTIUM "From The Gutter" West Coast ...
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U.S. psychedelic black metal heathens NACHTMYSTIUM have licensed their "Eulogy IV" opus to Invictus exclusively for the European market. Currently signed to Century Media in the USA and Candlelight in Europe, the band agreed a special license deal with Invictus for the currently out-of-print album. Originally formed in 1999 by Blake Judd (vocals, guitars), NACHTMYSTIUM ...
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WNBC reports: Two people are dead, 83 were arrested and drinking in the parking lot has been banned following an unruly Ozzfest concert at the PNC Bank Arts in Holmdel, New Jersey center on Thursday night (August 16), police said. WNBC.com's Brian Thompson has learned that Raymond Guarino, 26, died Thursday night at ...
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Swedish cult death metal group AUTOPSY TORMENT has inked a deal with Pulverised Records. The group's new album, "7th Rituals for the Darkest Souls of Hell", will feature the artwork of the underground artist Chris Moyen. Handling the vocals on the effort, once again, is the infamous DEVIL LEE ROT. ...
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You may need to take a shower after time spent with SPIRITUAL DECAY's "Closer to the Grave". The sound is old school, dirty, and primitive. No light shines in the cavernous world in which the quartet resides. It is not the greatest death metal release I've ever heard, but does have its moments and may ...
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STALAGGH, a "misantropik-nihilistik" projekt of leading individuals from both the Dutch and Belgian black metal and elektro/ambient scenes, has issued the following update: "Last weekend one of our vocalists (the one who killed his mother at the age of 16) was killed in a car accident at the age of 29. He performed on several ...
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Former ENFORSAKEN guitarist Steve Stell has resurfaced in the Chicago, Illinois-based band called THE SHOTGUN SUICIDES. Commented Stell: "When ENFORSAKEN broke up in August of 2006, I took a few months off from the music thing. After eight years of playing with and managing ENFORSAKEN, I definitely needed a break. I wasn't planning on starting ...
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Few bands today embrace their own individualism to ultimately craft something truly unique and genre defying regardless of its sales potential. Enter the Chicago-based NACHTMYSTIUM who embrace the true spirit of individuality and intolerance forming solely as an outlet to express the dark musical visions and summonings of those involved. It is that exact DIY ...
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SLIMEWAVE 7" number four, featuring all-new material from JAPANISCHE KAMPFHORSPIELE and BATHTUB SHI*TER, is available now via Relapse. More information is available at this release page. SLIMEWAVE is a Relapse series of six limited-edition split 7" releases from twelve of the sickest and most extreme bands in the metal/grind underground. The first of ...
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Dallas-based metallers DROWNING POOL have just launched their podcast series on iTunes. The band will release a new episode to the podcast every week up to the July 24 release of its new album, "Full Circle". The podcasts offer their fans a glimpse of never before seen footage of the recording process, interviews, and their ...
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Atlanta, Georgia's BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE has posted its new video for the track "Endure" at this location (directed by Endeavor Media). Another new song, entitled "The Monolith", is available for streaming at the Century Media Records Germany MySpace page. Both cuts come off the group's new album, "The Physics of Fire", ...
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Luxi Lahtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with Chris Reifert (DEATH, AUTOPSY, ABSCESS). An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal-Rules.com: First off, it needs to be asked how did you actually meet "Evil" Chuck Schuldiner back in the '80s? When Chuck moved from Canada (he moved to Canada for a brief stint ...
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DEATH BREATH, the Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS), will release its new mini-album, "Let It Stink", on May 4 in Sweden and May 18 in the rest of Europe via Black Lodge Records. Andersson, guitarist/vocalist ...
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DROWNING POOL will release its third album, "Full Circle", on July 24 through the group's new record label, Eleven Seven Music (BUCKCHERRY). The band was reportedly looking at offers from Sanctuary and Century Media, but turned both down in favor of Eleven Seven Music. DROWNING POOL also has taken on a new management company, Tenth ...
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Slimewave 7" number three, featuring all-new material from ANTIGAMA and ROT is available now via Relapse. For more information please access this release page. Slimewave is a Relapse series of six limited-edition split 7" releases from twelve of the sickest and most extreme bands in the metal/grind underground. The first of the Slimewave ...
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DROWNING POOL, in collaboration with the USO will launch a free download and Internet video campaign today, featuring their new song "Soldiers". Written for the troops after returning from an overseas USO tour, "Soldiers" can be downloaded for free through the USO's MySpace page. In addition, the new Internet video, featuring ...
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DROWNING POOL has released a new music video in conjunction with the USO for their new track written exclusively for the troops, entitled "Soldiers". The video features live footage from the band's last USO-sponsored trip to Kuwait and Iraq. The USO will also be giving the song away for free through their MySpace page. Click ...
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