Metal Obsession recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL about the band's new album, "Ironbound", the band's 25th anniversary to be celebrated in 2010 and all things thrash metal. The chat is now available for streamign using the audio player below. OVERKILL will embark ...
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"Dismantle The Dictator", the new video from Boston's REVOCATION, can be viewed at Ultimate-Guitar.tv. The clip was lensed just outside of Boston with director Dave Brodsky (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, SUICIDE SILENCE, WARBRINGER, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD). REVOCATION will take part in the Japanese Extreme The Dojo Vol. 23 tour in April along with ...
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British thrashers EVILE have revealed the identity of their new bassist, who joins the band following the tragic and untimely death of their late bassist, Mike Alexander. Mike Alexander passed away on October 5, 2009 while the band was on tour in Sweden. EVILE members Matt Drake, Ol Drake and Ben Carter have released the ...
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SHOK PARIS has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 29-31, 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. Meanwhile, ROCK GODDESS has cancelled its appearance at the event. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AMULANCE ANVIL CHORUS ASKA BATTLEAXE BLOODFEAST CULPRIT DER KAISER GREG LINDSTROM ...
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BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY, REVOCATION, MUNICIPAL WASTE, TOXIC HOLOCAUST and WARBRINGER will take part in the next two installments of the "Extreme The Dojo" Japanese travelling mini-festival in April/May 2010. The details are as follows: "Extreme The Dojo 23" featuring BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY and REVOCATION: April 05 - Osaka, Japan - Shinsaibashi ...
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WOLF (Sweden), WARMACHINE (Canada) and NOT FRAGILE (Germany) have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 29-31, 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMULANCE ANVIL CHORUS ASKA BATTLEAXE BLOODFEAST CULPRIT DER KAISER GREG LINDSTROM & FRIENDS ICON JAG PANZER ...
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MEGADETH members Dave Mustaine (guitar, vocals), Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar) have posted separate messages in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site. They are reproduced below in their entirety. Mustaine: "We were able to start planning our tour dates for 2010 and we will be announcing our next South American, ...
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German online magazine Whiskey-Soda.de conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek of Polish death metallers VADER prior to the band's September 24, 2009 concert in Berlin, Germany. Watch the 20-minute chat (in English) at this location. As previously reported, VADER is seeking a U.S.-based session guitarist for the upcoming "Killfest 2010" tour ...
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Polish extreme metallers VADER are seeking a U.S.-based session guitarist for the upcoming "Killfest 2010" tour with OVERKILL (headliner), GOD DETHRONED, WARBRINGER and EVILE. Interested parties can contact the group at [email protected] Guitarist Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka, who has been touring and recording with VADER for the past year, recently reformed DECAPITATED and will be unavailable ...
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Vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey metallers OVERKILL was interviewed on the November 30, 2009 edition of "Dave Softee's Metal Meltdown" show. The program is now available for streaming using the audio player below. OVERKILL will embark on their 25th anniversary North American tour, dubbed Killfest 2010, in April/May 2010. The trek will ...
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ANVIL CHORUS and MEKONG DELTA have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 29-31, 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMULANCE ANVIL CHORUS ASKA BATTLEAXE BLOODFEAST CULPRIT DER KAISER GREG LINDSTROM & FRIENDS ICON JAG PANZER JAMESON RAID MEKONG ...
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New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will embark on their 25th anniversary North American tour, dubbed Killfest 2010, in April/May 2010. The trek will span the length of the U.S., hitting spots in Canada, with one final show at New York City's Nokia Theater. Support on the tour will come from VADER, GOD DETHRONED, WARBRINGER, ...
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British thrashers EVILE have confirmed a full European headlining tour for 2010. EVILE will kick off the "Infecting Nations" tour in January with a string of U.K. shows, before heading off to mainland Europe for the rest of the tour. The tour will mark the band's first official shows since the tragic passing of their ...
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MEGADETH's 2009 U.S. leg of the "Endgame" world tour kicked off last night (Saturday, November 14) at a sold-out Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Support on the trek is coming from MACHINE HEAD, SUICIDE SILENCE, ARCANIUM, and WARBRINGER replacing MACHINE HEAD beginning December 5. MEGADETH's setlist was as follows: 01. 1,320' 02. Wake Up ...
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Vocalist John Kevill of Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER was interviewed on last week's edition of edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the show and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. ...
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Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with Mitch Lucker and Mark Heylmun of California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE when the band played in Vienna on November 4, 2009. Watch the chat below. SUICIDE SILENCE will embark on a U.S. tour with MEGADETH and MACHINE HEAD starting on November 14 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ...
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Peter Bailey of the Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom-based "Metalheadz" radio show conducted an interview with guitarist Mark Heylmun of California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE at the end of October during the band's U.K. tour with DEVILDRIVER and BEHEMOTH. Watch the chat below. SUICIDE SILENCE will embark on a U.S. tour with MEGADETH and MACHINE HEAD ...
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"Genocide", the new video from California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE, can be viewed at BloodyDisgusting.com. The track can be found exclusively on the "Saw VI" soundtrack, which was released on October 20 through Trustkill Records, and its accompanying clip features dynamic live performance footage interwoven with grizzly, striking clips from the hit movie. ...
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Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER were interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show online at this location. WARBRINGER recently parted ways with bassist Ben Bennett and was rejoined by Andy Laux. Andy played on the group's debut, "War Without End", but was unable to join ...
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ARKAEA — the band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) — has been forced to pull out of the remaining five shows on the KITTIE North American tour. Commented ARKAEA vocalist Jon Howard (also of THREAT SIGNAL): "For the past week, I had been pushing myself to perform with ...
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San Francisco Bay Area's HATCHET has issued the following update: "We are safe and sound now back home in the San Francisco Bay area. After a six-week full U.S. tour that spanned the entire country, we returned home to an eager, vigorous crowd on October 16 at 924 Gilman with tour mates HAVOK, as well ...
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Vocalist John Kevill of Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER was a featured guest on the October 3, 2009 edition of "The Classic Metal Show". The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "The Classic Metal Show" can be heard every Saturday night between 9:00 p.m. EST and 3:00 a.m. EST at
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ARKAEA/FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrrera and members of SOIL will guest on "Uncensored Net Noise" on Sunday, October 25 beginning at around 2:30 p.m. EST. You can listen to the program live via the Internet at this location. "Gone Tomorrow", the new video from ARKAEA, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed ...
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"Necropolis", the new album from Polish death metal veterans VADER, sold around 1,130 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of VADER's September 28, 2009 performance at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands can be viewed below (courtesy of "letthedeathmetalflow"). VADER's new album, "Necropolis", was released in North America on September 22. The CD was recorded at Hertz studios in Bialystok, Poland with the Wieslawski Bros.. Tue Madsen, who previously worked with such ...
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"Never Say My Name", the new video from Polish extreme metallers VADER, can be viewed below. Inspired by Patrick Graham's bestselling book "L'Évangile Selon Satan" (translation: "The Gospel According to Satan"), the clip tells an alternate story of the death of a messiah who curses humanity before his death on the cross and chooses life ...
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Reunited Phoenix, Arizona-based hard rockers ICON have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 29-31, 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMULANCE ASKA BATTLEAXE BLOODFEAST CULPRIT DER KAISER GREG LINDSTROM & FRIENDS ICON JAG PANZER JAMESON RAID OMEN RAVEN ...
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Sydney, Australia's extreme metal unit THE AMENTA has parted ways with vocalist Jarrod Krafczyk and bassist Dale Harrison. The two have been replaced by Cain Cressall (MALIGNANT MONSTER) and Dan Quinlan (PAIN DIVISION), respectively. THE AMENTA will showcase its new lineup at the Against The Grain festival (September 19), and a series of Australian shows ...
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MEGADETH will embark on the "Endgame" U.S. tour in November with support from MACHINE HEAD, SUICIDE SILENCE and ARCANIUM. The dates are as follows: Nov. 14 - The Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI Nov. 15 - Peoria Civic Center Peoria, IL Nov. 17 - Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI Nov. 18 - The LC Pavilion Columbus, ...
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"Gone Tomorrow", the new video from ARKAEA — the band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) — can be viewed below. The clip was filmed with Dale "Rage" Resteghini (HATEBREED, TRIVIUM, MUDVAYNE) and Dan Dobi (BLEEDING THROUGH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, WARBRINGER) at the helm. "Years In The Darkness", the debut ...
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