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LAETHORA Completes Mixing New Album

LAETHORA, the Swedish death/grind band featuring DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin, has finished mixing its second album, "The Light In Which We All Burn", for a late summer release. The group says, "Despite the computer crashes, equipment failures and multiple bouts of sickness, we're extre...

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST: New Video Interview Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with Joel Grind of thrashers TOXIC HOLOCAUST when they played Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 17, 2009 with NAPALM DEATH. Watch the 12-minute chat below. "Nuke The Cross", the new video from TOXIC HOLOCAUST, can be viewed below. The second clip from the band's Rel...

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ANVIL Documentary's U.S. Distribution 'Extensively Expanded'

As a result of the initial success of "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", VH1 Films and Abramorama have extensively expanded the distribution of the film beginning Friday, May 15 and will continue throughout the summer in additional markets across the country and Canada. Since debuting in theaters in April...

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METALLICA Book Authors, 'The 100 Greatest Guitarists' Debate Featured In 'Skull Sessions'

The 23rd installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast features two segments: first up is a conversation with Bill Hale (author of "Metallica: The Club Dayz 1982-1984") and Joel McIver (author of "To Live Is To Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton"). The second segment of thi...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN: Full Clip From 'Bildersturm' DVD Posted Online

Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN will release their first DVD, "Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance)", on May 25 in Europe via Century Media Records. In addition to "incredible" live material, the DVD includes a comprehensive documentary and loads of oth...

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INSISION Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Bassist Daniel Ekeroth has left Swedish death metallers INSISION. He says in a statement, "It is with mixed feelings I threw in my sweaty towel. This is a band I have worked with so much during the last decade, I can hardly picture myself without it. I remember joining an amazing young band with loa...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN: 'Bildersturm' DVD Trailer Available

Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN will release their first DVD, "Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance)", on May 25 in Europe via Century Media Records. In addition to "incredible" live material, the DVD includes a comprehensive documentary and loads of oth...

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST: 'Nuke The Cross' Video Released

"Nuke The Cross", the new video from TOXIC HOLOCAUST, can be viewed below. The second clip from the band's Relapse debut, "An Overdose Of Death…", was directed by Jamie Robilard in Oregon just prior to the group's current tour with NAPALM DEATH. TOXIC HOLOCAUST's Joel Grind commented: "[The 'Nuke th...

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CORPUS MORTALE: In Writing Mode

Danish extreme metallers CORPUS MORTALE have issued the following update: "We've been very busy writing new songs lately as well as booking shows. We're almost halfway with the material for our third album, and if everything works out as planned, we'll enter the studio sometime between September and...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist's OHMPHREY: California Dates Announced

OHMPHREY, the new band featuring Chris Poland (OHM:, MEGADETH) and Robertino Pagliari (OHM:) alongside jam-band masters Jake Cinnger, Joel Cummins, and Kris Myer of UMPHREY'S MCGEE, will play three rare promotional live shows in Southern California in mid-May. These concerts are to promote the relea...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN: 'Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance)' DVD Details Revealed

Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN will release their first DVD, "Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance)", on May 25 in Europe via Century Media Records. In addition to "incredible" live material, the DVD includes a comprehensive documentary and loads of oth...

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TESTAMENT's SKOLNICK: DAVE MUSTAINE Came To Me For Guitar Tips

Mark Eglinton of The Quietus recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Alex Skolnick of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT. An excerpt from the chat follows below. The Quietus: How was the tour with JUDAS PRIEST? There were a few big personalities kickin...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND Interviewed On 'Black Night Meditations'

The "Black Night Meditations" radio show on Portsmouth, New Hampshire's WSCA 106.1 FM conducted an interview earlier this week with guitarist Chris Poland (OHM:, MEGADETH). The chat is now available for streaming at this location. OHMPHREY, the new band featuring Chris Poland and Robertino Pagliari...

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COVERED CALL Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Swedish melodic hard rock band COVERED CALL — which features established members of the Swedish music scene, including founding member/drummer Ronny Svanströmer and Thomas Vikström (ex-CANDLEMASS, THERION) — has been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesb...

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST Frontman Interviewed In Syracuse; Video Available

Alan of Underground Noise conducted an interview with Joel Grind of TOXIC HOLOCAUST on April 18, 2009 when the band played the Lost Horizon in Syracuse, New York with NAPALM DEATH, KATAKLYSM, COLISEUM and TRAP THEM. Watch the two-minute chat below. TOXIC HOLOCAUST recently teamed up with director Ja...