In 2005, a little known Canadian death metal band called BENEATH THE MASSACRE surfaced with a short EP on Galy Records called "Evidence of Inequity". The quick-hitter left more than its fair share of scars and a rather bloody wake, resulting in more than a few critics dubbing them a band to watch. Prosthetic Records ...
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German death metal band NECROPHAGIST has been forced to cancel the first eight dates of its previously announced "Carving Europe's Epitaph Vol. II" tour. The group's official statement reads as follows: "We are extremely disappointed about having to inform you that due to unforeseen and out-of-our-control circumstances we will not be able to play the ...
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San Francisco-based death metal/hardcore act ANIMOSITY will support CONVERGE on a European tour beginning mid-June. Also appearing on the bill is RISE AND FALL. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jun. 15 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof Jun. 16 - Trier, Germany - Summer Blast Festival Jun. 18 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen Jun. 19 - ...
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MISERY INDEX will co-host the "Hostile Takeover" show on XM Radio today (Thursday February 1) at 1:00 p.m. EST. "Hostile Takeover" is a live program on XM Channel 42 Liquid Metal (Channel 841 for Direct TV subscribers), where MISERY INDEX will join host Ward Cleaver to talk about their latest release, "Discordia", as well as ...
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Kansas-based death metallers ORIGIN have been rejoined by drummer John Longstreth. The group will embark on a European tour with NECROPHAGIST and MISERY INDEX beginning on February 8 in Trier, Germany. Credited with having created some of the most challenging and devastating death metal in its three-album career, ORIGIN was a late addition to this ...
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VINTERSORG, the Swedish band led by BORKNAGAR frontman Andreas Hedlund (a.k.a. Vintersorg), will release its new album, "Solens Rötter" (English translation: "The Origin of the Sun") on April 27 in Europe and May 22 in the U.S. via Napalm Records. The CD was mixed at Ballerina Audio with the engineer Nils Johansson. Songtitles set to ...
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The running order has been announced for this year's Maryland Deathfest V, set to take place on May 26-27 at Sonar in Baltimore. It is as follows: Saturday, May 26: Doors at 12:30 p.m. SAPROGENIC - 1:00 - 1:25 FOETOPSY - 1:40 - 2:10 FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION - 2:25 - 2:55 NUNWHORE COMMANDO ...
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Drummer Mark Zonder (ex-FATES WARNING, WARLORD) of SLAVIOR has issued the following update: On January 21st I will be doing an on-air interview with Norm and his radio show, 'Another State of Mind', on 105.3 FM in San Diego. We will play a few cuts from the new SLAVIOR album as well as some other ...
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Kansas-based death metallers ORIGIN have officially been confirmed for the European tour featuring NECROPHAGIST and MISERY INDEX. Credited with having created some of the most challenging and devastating death metal in its three-album career, ORIGIN is an incredible addition to this blistering package as the replacement for COLDWORKER, who had to pull off the trek ...
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San Francisco-based death metal/hardcore act ANIMOSITY will enter Godcity studios in Salem, Massachusetts in April 2007 with producer Kurt Ballou of CONVERGE to begin recording its new album, "Animal", for a late summer/early fall release via Black Market Activities. ANIMOSITY released its first disc, "Shut It Down", on Tribunal Records back in 2003 and its ...
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GID3, the Houston-based band featuring former DIRT frontman Travis Powers, has emerged as a leading force in the Texas metal scene, having recently been nominated by the No. 1 FM hard rock station 94.5 The Buzz for "Song of the Year"with the single "Truck Stop Slam Dance" as well as "New Artist of the Year". ...
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PANTHEON I, the Norwegian extreme metal band featuring vocalist/guitarist Andrè Kvebek (1349) and guitarist John Espen Sagstad (TROLLFEST, SARKOM), has set "The Wanderer and His Shadow" as the title of its upcoming CD, due on April 2 through Candlelight Records. Clocking in at just over 40 minutes, the album was recorded and mixed by Christian ...
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Modern Drummer magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with EVANESCENCE's William "Rocky" Gray. An excerpt from the chat follows: Modern Drummer: What was growing up in Little Rock like for you as a professional musician? Rocky: There was a big music scene here in the late '90s and the early 2000s. ...
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The image that was supposedly the one that inspired artist Derek Riggs to draw IRON MAIDEN's mascot Eddie has been posted online at the MAIDEN fan site MaidenNorway.com. The image in question purportedly represents either a Vietnamese head on an American tank, or an American head on a Vietnamese tank. Riggs talked about ...
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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT singer Candice Night was a guest on Doug Stephan's nationally syndicated "Good Day" morning radio show on December 8. The interview can be heard on Doug Stephan's podcast here. Click on hour 4 on 12/8/06 and forward to 30:00. They begin with their song of the day: "We Wish You A ...
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Drummer Mark Zonder (ex-FATES WARNING, WARLORD) of SLAVIOR has issued the following update: "SLAVIOR is starting to gear up for some live dates that will start at the end of January 2007. We are currently seeking a guitar player who plays a seven-string and sings a bit. A local San Diego bass player, Kevin Freeby, ...
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Reunited CYNIC, whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal, has been confirmed for next year's Maryland Deathfest V, set to take place on May 26-27 at Sonar in Baltimore, MD. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BIRDFLESH (Sweden) BRUTAL TRUTH (New ...
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SLAVIOR, the new band featuring former FATES WARNING/WARLORD drummer Mark Zonder, is currently setting up live shows for the end of January 2007. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. SLAVIOR recently posted the track "Origin" on its MySpace page. The song comes off the group's upcoming self-titled debut album, due in ...
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The cover artwork for EYELESS's upcoming album, "The Game of Fear", has been posted online at VS-webzine.com. The artwork was designed by Chad Michael Ward, who has previously worked with such artists as MARYLIN MANSON, SOILWORK, ABORTED, HATESPHERE and ORIGIN OU CORPORATION 187. The group's second album, "The Game of Fear" was produced ...
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TakingMetal.com has posted episode 110 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. This special episode reports on QUEENSRŸCHE's VH1 Save The Music benefit concert at the New York City Hard Rock Café this September. Features include an interview with guitarist Jack Frost (SEVEN WITCHES, THE BRONX CASKET COMPANY) and the rebroadcast of an interview hosts Mark Strigl ...
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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's holiday album, "Winter Carols", has entered Billboard's New Age album chart at position No. 7. View the whole chart at this location. Ritchie Blackmore has been known worldwide for his guitar shredding in DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW. He has also shown hints of his penchant for medieval music in both of ...
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Finnish monster metal band LORDI has announced new tour dates Spain to make up the shows that were cancelled last month after some of the members of the band and the crew were taken ill. The new dates are as follows: Mar. 01 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo Mar. 02 - Bergara, Spain - Jam ...
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DEFTONES' new album, "Saturday Night Wrist", sold 76,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. DEFTONES began work on the disc with PINK FLOYD, ALICE COOPER and JANE'S ADDICTION producer Bob Ezrin, but that relationship did not pan out and ...
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Metal blog InvisibleOranges.com has posted a photo gallery documenting the last two years of the legendary Pound club in San Francisco before its recent closure. The gallery contains 50 images of such bands as BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, CRYPTOPSY, GOD FORBID, KRISIUN, MALEVOLENT CREATION, ORIGIN, and THE ESOTERIC. It can be viewed ...
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MusicPix.net recently conducted an interview with EVANESCENCE guitarist John LeCompt. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MusicPix: A number of bands have highly successful debut albums and then fail in an effort to match its success or simply lack the talent. How did you handle the pressure? John: We didn't look at ...
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SLAVIOR, the new band featuring former FATES WARNING/WARLORD drummer Mark Zonder, has posted the track "Origin" on its MySpace page. The song comes off the group's upcoming self-titled debut album, due in early 2007 via Inside Out Music. A versatile, melodic hard rock/metal act, SLAVIOR's debut album features elements familiar to Zonder's progressive ...
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REGURGITATE, GOROD and FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION are among the newly confirmed bands for the Maryland Deathfest V, set to take place May 26-27, 2007 at Sonar in Baltimore, MD. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BIRDFLESH BRUTAL TRUTH COCK AND BALL TORTURE CRIPPLE BASTARDS DEAD INFECTION EXHALE EXTREME ...
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A brand new BORKNAGAR track, entitled "Earth Imagery", has been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the Norwegian avant-garde black metal band's upcoming acoustic album, "Origin", due on October 31 via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally). Commented mainman Oystein G. Brun: "The wooden, organic presence in ...
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Swedish death/thrashers RAISE HELL will team up with NECROPHOBIC and ORIGIN BLOOD for a European tour beginning late September. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 29 - Baroeg. Rotterdam, Netherlands Sep. 30 - Dynamo Rock & Metal Cafe. Eindhoven, Netherlands Oct. 01 - Theater Romein. Leeuwarden, Netherlands Oct. 05 - Dynamo. Zürich, Switzerland ...
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NEVERLAND, CROWN OF GLORY and CUBE are among the artists that have been confirmed for the Back To Rock Festival, set to take place September 8-9 at Badi-Areal in Reiden, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, September 8: CHARCOAL (Crossover - CH) Saturday, September 9: NEVERLAND (Melodic-Progressiv Metal - GER/CH) CROWN ...
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