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SOILWORK Frontman Joins THREAT SIGNAL On Stage In Hamilton (Video)

SOILWORK frontman Bjrn "Speed" Strid joined Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL on stage this past Saturday, May 7 at The Underground in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to perform the SOILWORK song "Stabbing The Drama". Fan-filmed video footage of Strid's appearance can be viewed below. THREAT SIGNAL is curr...

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BACKYARD BURIAL Singer Murdered

Stuff.co.nz reports that the lead singer of one of New Zealand's longest-running death metal bands, BACKYARD BURIAL, was murdered earlier this week. Matthew John Hall, 35, who went by the stage name "Blaps Warmonger", was found dead with multiple stab wounds by his roommate at his Wellington apartme...

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In War and Pieces

It is pretty rare that a new SODOM album doesn't get at least some consideration by critics for year-end top albums lists, at least by the thrash-oriented writers. It is only January, but "In War and Pieces" should be no different. The formula is tweaked from time to time and the Teutonic trio occas...

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Author Discusses 'Metallica: Enter Night - The Biography' In New Interview

Brendan Crabb of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with renowned British rock journalist Mick Wall about Mick's newly released book, "Metallica: Enter Night - The Biography". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: I've been reading the new METALLICA biography...

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In Dreams

It is no secret that a number of bands on the Sumerian roster have been largely responsible for the ascendance of the label's status from "just under the radar" to "gold standard for new school tech-metal" (or thereabouts); THE FACELESS, BORN OF OSIRIS, and VEIL OF MAYA, to name three of the biggies...

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Teenage Death/Black Metal Fan On Trial For Killing Radio Journalist

According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the teenage death/black metal fan who is on trial for the fatal stabbing of the radio journalist George Weber is continuing to claim that he killed the Carroll Gardens radio host in self-defense during an S&M sex act. John Katehis (see video below),then 16...

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The Panic Broadcast

SOILWORK has been used as a reference for so many years now when critics describe the oodles of often generic metalcore and melodic death metal bands that base their songs on aggressive verses and cleanly sung choruses that one almost forgets that the Swedes are the stalwarts of the style, not the a...

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SOILWORK To Release 'Best-Of' Collection In Japan

Swedish metallers SOILWORK will release a "best-of" collection entitled "The Sledgehammer Files" on June 30 in Japan via Marquee/Avalon Records. Commented the band: "We're proud and stoked to unleash the first-ever official collection of classic SOILWORK tunes! "The only way we could imagine our 'be...

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TRISTANIA Completes Recording New Album

Bassist Ole Vistnes of Norwegian metallers TRISTANIA has issued the following update: "As you maybe know (Twitter, anyone?),we have been busy in the studio, and we are now hours away from being finished with the recording of the new album. "We started out six weeks ago in Oslo. Me and Anders [Høyvi...

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DIRTY LOOKS Bassist Killed In Bar Fight

According to DIRTY LOOKS' official European web site, the band's bassist, Gregory Pianka, was killed in a bar stabbing on February 5. Pianka joined DIRTY LOOKS in 2009 and was working on the group's upcoming CD, "I.C.U." Millcreek police charged Joseph Lumsden Jr., 64, with criminal homicide and a n...

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SATYRICON Frontman Says He Owns Copy Of BURZUM EP With EURONYMOUS' Blood On It

In the latest installment of Roadrunner Records's "Ask the Artist" series, the U.K. branch of the label sat down with vocalist Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven and drummer Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON and put the best of fans' questions to the guys. A couple of exce...

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THIS IS HELL Recording PANTERA Cover For METAL HAMMER's DIMEBAG Tribute

Long Island-based hardcore/metal band THIS IS HELL has recorded a cover version of an as-yet-undisclosed PANTERA song for the forthcoming "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) tribute album. The collection, which is being put together by U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine for a special issue that...

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ZAKK WYLDE Recording Cover Of PANTERA's 'Suicide Note' For Upcoming DIMEBAG Tribute

Zakk Wylde is recording a version of PANTERA's "Suicide Note Pt. 1" for the forthcoming "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) tribute album. The collection, which is being put together by U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine for a special issue that will coincide with the five-year anniversary of D...

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Artist Behind DIMEBAG 'Assassination' Painting Responds To Heavy Metal Detractors

Tom Sanford, the New York-based artist behind the controversial 2005 painting "The Assassination of Dimebag Darrell", has posted a lengthy update on his official web site addressing the criticism of his work by metal fans who found the painting to be in poor taste. His message is re-published below...

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Controversial DIMEBAG Painting Being Auctioned

"The Assassination of Dimebag Darrell", the controversial 2005 painting by New York-based artist Tom Sanford, will be auctioned via Phillips de Pury & Company's music-theme sale on November 21, 2009 at the company's London, England headquarters. In an October 2009 posting on his web site, Sanfor...