Polish death metallers LOST SOUL have just scooped a slot (alongside VADER, ROTTING CHRIST and ANOREXIA NERVOSA) on the entire Blitzkrieg III European tour which steamrollers through the continent between September 5 and October 23. LOST SOUL, who were originally only due to lay waste to their native Poland, are fired up about landing the ...
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Greece's Metal-Temple.com webzine recently conducted an interview with NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Temple.com: You're going to participate in Gigantour. What do you think of the other bands that will be taking part? Warrel Dane: "In the beginning it was quite strange because I thought that ...
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MANOWAR are the first confirmed band for this year's edition of the Rock the Nations open-air festival, set to take place August 6 at Seven Towers of Istanbul in Turkey. About seven bands will be sharing the stage with MANOWAR. Other confirmed acts will be announced soon. Rock the Nations' first installment (2003) featured performances ...
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Abrasive Rock recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB). A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Abrasive Rock: You were supposed to tour with John Sykes this summer, correct? George Lynch: "I wasn't supposed to." Abrasive Rock: There was talks about it? George Lynch: "Yeah, this is ...
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LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe recently spoke with Digital Noise about the band's brand-new DVD, "Killadelphia", as well as their headlining slot on the Sounds of the Underground tour. A few excerpts from the interview follow: Digital Noise: Let's talk about the Sounds of the Underground tour. How does it feel to ...
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Irish doom metal act MOURNING BELOVETH have posted the following message on their official web site: The [new MOURNING BELOVETH] album ['A Murderous Circus'] is out two months now and it seems the majority of people are slowly getting in to it, the stripped back, harsher sound takes some getting use to but when you ...
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Photos of former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach performing the SKID ROW classic "Wasted Time" with the Swedish pop singer Sofia at this past weekend's Sweden Rock Festival have been posted online at BTMRecords.se. Sofia covered "Wasted Time" on her debut album, "Lifetraveller", out this month on BTM Records. Regarding being asked by ...
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Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach invited Swedish pop singer Sofia to sing with him on stage at this past weekend's Sweden Rock Festival. At Sweden Rock Festival in Solvesborg, Sweden last Saturday (June 11), Sebastian Bach and his band entered the stage in front of a wild crowd of 15,000 rockers to perform a ...
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VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland has rejected Internet rumors that the band have scrapped the final five shows of their ongoing European tour because he has fallen off the wagon and will be re-entering rehab. In a posting on the group's official web site, Weiland writes, "Christ! You people are like locusts! Every day there's ...
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Florida-based death metallers DIVINE EMPIRE have parted ways with bassist/vocalist Jason Blachowicz (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) due to "serious personal and legal issues." Guitarist J.P. Soars and drummer Duane Timlin have already found a replacement and are planning on hitting the road in support of their recently released CD, "Method of Execution", available now on Century Media ...
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PATHS OF POSSESSION, the band fronted by CANNIBAL CORPSE vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, have lined up the following dates during July: Jul. 15 - Brass Mug - Tampa, FL Jul. 16 - Island Oasis - Orlando, FL PATHS OF POSSESSION's debut album, "Promises in Blood", was recorded at Mana Recording Studios in Tampa, Florida with ...
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Christ, this is one tough ass hardcore CD! With all the teeth spittin' and rib-crackin' hardcore going on here, how appropriate that this Los Angeles band is named DONNYBROOK and the Michael Bukowski cover art depicts an all-out hockey brawl. The skull and bloody hockey sticks that serve as cross bones on the actual disc ...
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Polish death metallers LOST SOUL will head out on the road again this month with VADER for a number of dates, which will include the group's debut U.K. appearances. Commented LOST SOUL drummer Adam Sierzega: "We are all very excited about [the tour]. It seems to be a killer tour. VADER is a great band ...
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www.capitaledumetal.com has uploaded a bunch of high-quality pictures from DEICIDE's first Canadian show in 10 years. The pictures can be accessed directly from the site's opening page. Commented www.capitaledumetal.com's Alain "Creepin' Death" Gagnon: "Glen Benton and company finally made it through the Canadian borders after 10 long years of frustration and Quebec City ...
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CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller has slammed the "lonely, jealous music fans" who have posted scathingly negative comments about his band on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Writing in response to the comments that accompanied the the latest CKY news story on this web site (dated June 1), Miller said, "I just wanted to say that not one ...
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Video footage of reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE performing the songs "War on Drugs" and "Those without Conscience" on May 21 at The Backroom in Austin, Texas has been posted online at this location. As previously reported, SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez will join ROTTING CORPSE for a few tracks during their ...
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IrocMusic recently conducted an interview with former STRYPER bassist Tim Gaines. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: IrocMusic: You mentioned on several boards that you wanted to get away from metal and that kind of music so why did you hook up with WHITECROSS? Tim Gaines: "Well, it is true that ...
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SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez will join reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE for a few tracks during their live appearance at Division One in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, May 28. Perez was an original member of the Texas-based band, whose lineup also includes former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler. ROTTING CORPSE have just released ...
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PATHS OF POSSESSION, the band fronted by CANNIBAL CORPSE vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, have revealed several new songtitles that are set to appear on the group's debut album, "Promises in Blood", due before the end of the year via Metal Blade Records. The group are currently mixing the CD at Mana Recording Studios in Tampa, ...
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Irish metallers WAYLANDER have posted the following message on their official web site: "Well, as most of you will already have suspected, there is never a dull moment in the WAYLANDER camp, as yet again, we have had changes in personnel. Michael [Proctor, bass] [as expected] rejoined, and we attained the services of a second ...
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Austrian power metallers STYGMA IV have set a June 1 release date for their CD of outtakes, entitled "Rotting Corpses". To order a copy, visit the "Shop" section of the band's official web site. STYGMA IV are currently in the pre-production stage for their sixth album, tentatively due later in the year. The ...
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NUCLEAR ASSAULT/ex-ANTHRAX bassist Dan Lilker has slammed MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine for threatening to pull out of several festival appearances in Greece and Israel because two of the support acts on the bill were "full-on Satanic" bands called ROTTING CHRIST and DISSECTION. Mustaine, who converted to Christianity several years ago, explained his position in a ...
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Reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE — whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler — have posted four clips from their upcoming "Demos" CD at their MySpace.com page. Each of the four clips is a 30-second sample representing one of the four demos ...
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DEATH FOLLOWS A SHADOW, the new band featuring STEEL PROPHET founder/guitarist Steve Kachinsky, have posted a handful of tunes from their self-produced debut EP, entitled "Five Stages of Death", at MySpace.com. Songtitles are "Internal Hate", "Five Stages of Death", "The Christ Diaries", "Evil's Echoes" and "The Darkside of Human Nature". DEATH FOLLOWS A ...
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Candlelight Records USA have set a June 28 U.S. release date for death-thrashers DAM's full-length debut, "Purity: The Darwinian Paradox". The CD will be available in Europe from May 30. An album-launch event is set to take place on Saturday, June 4 at London's Islington Electrowerkz. Scheduled to perform live on the evening are DAM, ...
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Greek metallers ROTTING CHRIST will headline this year's Day of Darkness Metalfest, set to take place on Saturday July 9 at Pedigree Corner, Ballylinan, Co Laois in Ireland. Now in its fourth year, the festival will once again bring together bands from Ireland's thriving domestic metal scene with a number of their international peers. Tickets ...
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Reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE — whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler — have announced the details of their "RC Memorial Day Massacre Tour 2005". Confirmed dates are as follows: May 21 - Austin, TX @ The Backroom May 26 - Corpus Christi, ...
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THE PROJECT HATE, the Swedish band featuring Jörgen Sandström of ENTOMBED/GRAVE fame on lead vocals, have set "Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies of Slit Wrists)" as the title of their new album, due later in the year via Threeman Recordings. The follow-up to 2003's "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate" was produced by Dan Swanö and features a ...
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Regain Records has set a June 13 release date for the MARDUK "Blackcrowned" DVD. The disc features the rare live cuts from the "Blackcrowned" box set video tape — 1.5 hours of rare live cuts spanning the band's entire career. Also included are two bonus tracks. The DVD is strictly limited to 3,000 copies. "Blackcrowned" ...
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DEMONIC CHRIST guitarist/vocalist Dana Duffey Clayton has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "New album to be recorded! Details: Dana is in the process of writing new material for the upcoming DEMONIC CHRIST opus. It is confirmed that long time comrade, Proscriptor McGovern (ABSU) will be drumming on the new album and fellow old-schooler, Lord ...
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