Polish death metal veterans VADER have been confirmed for the Legacy Festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: May 30, 2008: OBITUARY DARK FUNERAL VADER DESTRUCTION THRESHOLD May 31, 2008: FINNTROLL JORN LANDE AMORPHIS MELECHESH RAGE UNLEASHED For more information, click
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French-Canadian death metal band BENEATH THE MASSACRE has just completed the Radio Rebellion tour alongside BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY and GOJIRA. The group has issued the following update: "So one more U.S. tour over. That was the fourth since May '07 and the last of the year. "The Radio Rebelion Tour was by far ...
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Many death metal bands have been heard discussing a steadfast dedication to a music and lifestyle rarely accepted by those in the mainstream and that is afforded little support outside traditional media outlets. Few of those bands have been able to persevere long enough and truly starve for their art without having to throw in ...
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Lord of the Wasteland of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with 3 INCHES OF BLOOD guitarist Shane Clark. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: Jamie [Hooper] had throat problems and was forced to sit out Ozzfest, which must've killed him, and the rest of the band, too. Shane: Oh yeah, ...
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Polish death metal veterans VADER have issued the following update: "Did you face VADER and survive? Do you have any amusing anecdotes, intriguing stories, interesting memories to share with future generations of headbangers? Do you have any old flyers, posters, pictures or other kinds of VADER-related memorabilia? "The author of upcoming official biography of Polish ...
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Canada's BENEATH THE MASSACRE has been forced to pull out of the Radio Rebellion Tour show in Philadelphia on November 17 due to a death in the family. Currently on the road as part of Converse and Hurley's Radio Rebellion Tour with BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY and GOJIRA, BENEATH THE MASSACRE recently returned to ...
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Michael Baronas of Worcester Magazine recently conducted an interview with BEHEMOTH mainman Adam "Nergal" Darski. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On how the group's new album, "The Apostasy", is being received: "I have to tell you, it was received way better than I expected it would be received. It's probably ...
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Polish death metal veterans VADER have issued the following update: "In 2008 VADER will celebrate XXV anniversary. Previously announced tournee of the band starts on April and will last till the end of May. XXV Anniversary Tour will cover all the nooks of Europe and VADER will prepare a very special set for this tour. ...
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MINISTRY, BEHEMOTH, RAGE and KATAKLYSM are among the newly confirmed bands for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CELTIC FROST MINISTRY BEHEMOTH RAGE KATAKLYSM WINTERSUN TANKARD HEAVEN SHALL BURN BRAINSTORM SKYFORGER CATAMENIA DARK FORTRESS PERSIHING MANKIND For more information, visit ...
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After slaughtering European audiences on its highly successful tour with BEHEMOTH and KATAKLYSM, Belgian death/grind outfit ABORTED has uploaded the second episode of "Slaughter & Apparatus TV" featuring footage from the tour and revealing more about the sick quintet's off-stage antics than you ever wanted to know. Watch the eight-minute clip below. An e-card for ...
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HeavyMetalSource.com has posted live footage from THY WILL BE DONE's CD-listening party, which took place October 22, 2007 at Club Hell in Providence, Rhode Island. Watch the two clips below. THY WILL BE DONE's full-length debut, "Was and Is to Come", was released on October 23 on Stillborn Records. The CD is being distributed nationally ...
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BEHEMOTH mainman Adam "Nergal" Darski issued the following statement on Friday (November 2) regarding the passing of DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, who died at the age of 23 in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision: "It's still so abstract to me…I don't know what to say, don't know what ...
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Norwegian black metallers have 1349 have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Inferno metal festival, set to take place March 19-22, 2008 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Noway. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: BEHEMOTH KRUX SATYRICON DESTRUCTION SHINING TULUS 1349 The full lineup will be ...
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New Zealand's most notable metal export DAWN OF AZAZEL played its first show last month since returning from a successful European tour in June. The band supported rock legends MOTÖRHEAD at their first New Zealand show on Friday, October 19 at the TSB Stadium in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Commented frontman Rigel Walshe: "We'd like to ...
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BEHEMOTH and KRUX have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Inferno metal festival, set to take place March 19-22, 2008 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Noway. Also scheduled to appear are SATYRICON, DESTRUCTION, SHINING and TULUS. The full lineup will be announced at the Inferno kick-off party at John ...
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Belgian death metallers ABORTED have issued the following update: "Okay, after somewhat 40 shows without days off we're back home and the tour was absolutely killer. We'd like to thank everyone of you guys that came out to the shows and supported the band. This was by far the best tour we ever did (both ...
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VOODOO GODS, the project featuring current and former members of such bands as MORBID ANGEL, MANOWAR and BEHEMOTH, will release its debut EP, "Shrunken Head", in January 2008 via Musicaz Records. A rough-mix version of the track "Warfare" is available on the band's MySpace page. According to the group's official bio, VOODOO GODS ...
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Extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY has announced a special one-off in-store promotion with specialty music retailer Sam Ash. The Glendale, AZ band will make an exclusive appearance at Sam Ash's Franklin Mills, PA location on Saturday, November 17 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Attendees will have a chance to meet JOB FOR A ...
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Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH filmed video for the track "Prometherion" this past summer. Shot by acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH), the clip is a frenetic, savage performance based video that perfectly showcases the band's unrelenting energy and uncompromising vision. Watch the video below courtesy of Headbanger's Blog. (NOTE: Video stream is not available ...
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HeavyMetalSource.com conducted an interview with THY WILL BE DONE at the CD-release party for "Was and Is To Come" on October 22 in Providence, Rhode Siland at Club Hell. Watch the interview in two parts below. THY WILL BE DONE has posted a new song, "Earth's Final Embrace", on its MySpace page. The ...
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Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with TERROR vocalist Scott Vogel. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On releasing the group's new EP via Reaper Records: "Well, there's a few reasons. First of all, he's one of my best friends. We've been signed to Trustkill Records, which is an ...
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Rhode Island-based band THY WILL BE DONE has posted a new song, "Earth's Final Embrace", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's full-length debut, "Was And Is To Come", which will be released on October 23 on Stillborn Records. The CD will be distributed nationally through Caroline Records/EMI. THY WILL ...
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Swedish metallers THE DUSKFALL have been confirmed for the Devil's Revenge festival, set to take place December 29, 2007 at Stadthalle in Lichtenfels, Germany. The festival billing is now as follows: DESTRUCTION GOREFEST VOMITORY THE DUSKFALL EVOCATION DEMONICAL IMPERIOUS REX DEATHRONATION For more information, visit www.devilsrevenge.de. THE DUSKFALL's fourth CD, "The Dying Wonders ...
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Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH made their triumphant return to North America this week to strike fear into the hearts of the masses with their largest and most elaborate stage production yet. This month-long trek, dubbed the Radio Rebellion Tour, will see them co-headlining alongside JOB FOR A COWBOY with GOJIRA and BENEATH THE MASSACRE ...
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Polish death metal veterans VADER released their new DVD, "And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw", in Europe on Monday (October 15) via Metal Mind Productions. The group's third DVD, which has had its North American release date pushed back to November 20 via MVD, features footage from the band's February 12, 2007 concert at Stodola ...
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French metallers GOJIRA have posted three live songs that were recorded earlier in the year as part of the UK's "Xfm Sessions". Check out the tracks "Ocean Planet", "Backbone" and "The Heaviest Matter of the Universe" on the band's MySpace page. In other news, Listenable Records has just released GOJIRA's first demo (back ...
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The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with ARCH ENEMY members Angela Gossow and Michael Amott as well as BEHEMOTH's Adam "Nergal" Darski. The 60-minute podcast can be downloaded at this location. iTunes users can also subscribe to "Talking Metal" for free at
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Polish death metal veterans VADER have posted photos from their recent signing session in Warsaw. Check out the pictures at this location. VADER's new DVD, "And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw", has had its North American release date pushed back to November 20 via MVD. It has just been made available in Europe ...
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VADER's new DVD, "And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw", has had its North American release date pushed back to November 20 via MVD. It will be made available in Europe on October 15 in Europe through Metal Mind Productions. The group's third DVD will feature footage from the band's February 12, 2007 concert at Stodola ...
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JOB FOR A COWBOY guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju was interviewed late last month by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Download the eight-minute interview in MP3 format at this location (3 MB). JOB FOR A COWBOY will team up with BEHEMOTH for the 2007 "Radio Rebellion" tour, a massive, ...
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